Fulton County task force begins research to make reparations reality for some Black families

Fulton Co. task force considers reparations A task force commissioned to study the impact on Black families and possibility of making reparations a reality has entered the research phase ahead of presenting their findings and recommendations to Fulton County leaders. FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – A push to make reparations a reality for some descendants of enslaved people in Fulton County has taken a big step forward. A task force commissioned to study the impact on Black families has entered the research phase ahead of presenting their findings and recommendations to Fulton County leaders. Before the charming exterior of a bustling Buckhead community, you’ll find a grave reminder of what it cost to build one of Atlanta’s most affluent areas. “It’s the land that was my grandparents, and then it was taken from them,” Bagley Park resident Elon Butts-Osby said. “This is where most of the residents of Bagley Park were buried.” For Butts-Osby, it wasn’t the first time her family had their livelihood taken from them in the decades that followed freedom from enslavement. “Forced out of Forsyth County during the racial cleansing, somewhere between 60 and 84 acres were stolen from my grandfather,” she said. Elon Butts-Osby That painful...