Reposted from @capitalb_atl A task force created in 2021 is gaining momentum after commissioners approved $250,000 to research the compensation of descendants of formerly enslaved Black county residents. Resident Elon Osby said she’d like to see cash payments go to those whose families were forced to give up their land without fair compensation — a situation that she's familiar with. “I would want it to be in dollars and cents,” she said. “I would be more focused on making my children and my grandchildren whole, the way I would like to see them.” Click on the link in our bio to see how the commissioners plan to use the new funds.
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Reposted from @capitalb_atl A task force created in 2021 is gaining momentum after commissioners approved $250,000 to research the compensation of descendants of formerly enslaved Black county residents.

Resident Elon Osby said she’d like to see cash payments go to those whose families were forced to give up their land without fair compensation — a situation that she’s familiar with.

“I would want it to be in dollars and cents,” she said. “I would be more focused on making my children and my grandchildren whole, the way I would like to see them.”

Click on the link in our bio to see how the commissioners plan to use the new funds.

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