Fulton County's Reparations Task Force has released a 615-page report documenting how government policies at every level systematically disadvantaged Black Atlantans, from slavery through Jim Crow, urban renewal, and into the present.
The report examines discriminatory housing practices, unequal school funding, and the targeted destruction of thriving Black neighborhoods. Think about what urban renewal did to Sweet Auburn and Buttermilk Bottom. That history is in here, along with the ongoing effects.
Recommendations span education, housing, economic development, and criminal justice reform, including targeted investments in historically Black neighborhoods and expanded homeownership programs. Fulton joins California and Evanston (Illinois) among jurisdictions that have produced formal reparations studies. The Board of Commissioners will review findings in coming weeks, with community input sessions expected before any votes.
