Atlanta residents gathered at City Hall for a public forum hosted by the city’s Reparations Study Commission, where community members, scholars, and elected officials discussed the legacy of slavery and how reparations could take shape in the city.
Commission Chair Dr. Sheila Flemming called reparations a guiding principle for healing and justice.
“Reparations is our North Star,” Flemming said. “It is the hope and the fight for equity and justice.”…