Shelby County Commission approves $5 million racial reparations review
“If we are going to talk about poverty, if we are going to talk about crime, if we are going to talk about a better way of life — the study is necessary,” said Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The commission approved a resolution Wednesday, Feb. 22, on an 8-3-2 vote to fund a $5 million feasibility study “to establish, develop and implement reparations.”
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