Private and religious groups are starting to pay reparations for slavery—but it’s nowhere near enough

In the years after the Civil War, it was obvious to many U.S. leaders that the people their nation had enslaved for 246 years deserved compensation. Then the idea, it seemed, vanished. In 2021, that moral clarity is being invoked by a new generation of activists leading local, regional and private initiatives that aim to repair the systemic damage done by slavery. Several members of Coming to the Table were interviewed for this article by John Miller for America: The Jesuit Review.

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