Sep 1st, 2008 · Between 1950 and 1970, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency relocated thousands of primarily black-owned businesses and homes in the name of urban renewal. Now, city officials are considering a plan to pay "reparations" to displaced individuals or their descendants by giving them top priority in the lottery for affordable housing units.
Jul 22nd, 2008 · After more than 60 years, workers in German-controlled Ghettos during WWII are eligible for reparation funds. The "German Ghetto Work Payment Program" offers a one-time payment to Holocaust survivors who worked in the Ghettos of Poland, Belarus, the Ukraine and other countries.
Jul 18th, 2008 · Holocaust survivors who worked in German-controlled ghettos during World War II may be eligible for a reparation payment by the German government. Legal clinics have sprung up around the country to help the estimated 20,000 survivors living in the U.S. apply for the funds.
Feb 20th, 2008 · Last week, parliament voted to formally apologize to Australia's indigenous people for past suffering. Now, Aborigine representatives have launched compensation lawsuits for victims of discrimination policies between 1910 and the late '70s. So far, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has ruled out any form of compensation.
Oct 10th, 2005 · Over a century ago, an ex-slave named Callie House demanded that the U.S. government pay ex-slaves for unpaid labor. Activist and author Mary Frances Berry documents House's reparations movement in a new book, My Face is Black is True: Callie House and The Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations. Ed Gordon talks with Berry.
Jul 29th, 2005 · Ed Gordon speaks with the migrant worker turned lawyer Willie Gary, now the lead attorney in a lawsuit against the state of New York over alleged discrimination in civil service exams. Marc Carey, spokesman for the New York's civil service office, denies the test is biased. Gary has built a practice on huge jury verdicts or settlements against companies including Walt Disney and Coca-Cola, and he continues his pro bono work on slave reparations.