Evanston History and Reparations

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Top Recommendations

 

Andrew Wiese, Black Housing, White Finance: African American Housing and Home Ownership in Evanston IL Before 1940, Oxford Journal (Oxford University Press), Winter 1999.

 

Dino Robinson and Jenny Thompson, Evanston Policies and Practices Directly Affecting the African American Community, 1900 - 1960 (and Present),  76pp. 2020.

 

City of Evanston, Evanston Local Reparations. Follows ongoing City Council and other entities.

 

Evanston Community Foundation, Evanston Community Foundation Fund for Reparations Page.

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Margaret Shaklee and others, Evanston Churches Respond to Racism in their Midst, 1900-1968.  n.d.

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Articles

 

Larry Gavin, Developing a Segregated Town, Evanston Roundtable, December, 5, 2019.

 

Harrison Tremarello, The Lasting Impact of Evanston Redlining, Daily Northwestern, November 8, 2019.

 

Susan Berfield and Jordyn Holman, What Happened when Evanston became America's First City to Promise Reparations, Bloomberg News, May 30, 2021.

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William Darity Jr., Why Reparations Are Needed to Close the Racial Wealth Gap, New York Times, September 24, 2021.

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Documents

 

City of Evanston Reparations Sub Committee, Local Reparations: Restorative Housing Program Program Guidelines, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, 10pp., 2021.

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Evanston City Council, Ordinance 102-0-20 Amending the City Code Codifying the Reparations Committee, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, October 27, 2020.

 

Evanston City Council, Resolution 126-R-19  Establishing a City of Evanston Funding Source Devoted to Local Reparations, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, November 14, 2019.

 

Evanston City Council, Resolution 43-R02  A Resolution: Slave Reparations, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, June 10, 2002.

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