Boston activists call for $15 billion in reparations, says the city must ‘fully commit to writing checks’

A group of activists in Boston called for the city to “fully commit to writing checks” and for a $15 billion payout since the city’s wealth was built on slavery. An activist named Rev. Kevin C. Peterson delivered remarks on how the City of Boston should implement reparations at a press conference in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Saturday.  The $15 billion will be made “towards making right the wrong perpetuated on Boston’s Blacks,” Peterson said at a news conference. “The wealth of this city was built on slavery.”   CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY ARGUES CASH PAYMENTS TO DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES ‘RECOGNIZE THE HARM DONE’ FROM SLAVERY Rev. Kevin C. Peterson, the founder of the New Democracy Coalition and the Faneuil Hall Race, delivered remarks at a press conference in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood to announce a proposal on how the City of Boston should implement reparations. (Rev. Kevin C. Peterson) Peterson, the founder of Boston Peoples Reparations Commission, held a news conference this past weekend to call for a “specific initial monetary payout to Boston’s Black residents.” “We demand from Mayor Wu full monetary compensation for wages and lost lives through slavery and anti-Black institutional oppression,” Peterson said. “Today we call on a...