Evanston History & Reparations
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Additional Resources
Articles
Alexia Smokler, Repairers of the Breach, Realtors Magazine, May 26, 2021.
Brentin Mock, What It Actually Means to Pass Local 'Reparations', Bloomberg, April 15, 2021.
Bryan Smith, Evanston's Road to Reparations, Chicago Magazine, June 2, 2020.
Genevieve Bookwalter, National nonprofit eyes Evanston for program, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2021.
Jason Beeferman, The Fight for Reparations: the First Step of the Historic Reparations Program Faces Pushback, Daily Northwestern, March 12, 2021.
Larry Gavin, Report examines the City of Evanston's practices that impact the black community 1900 - 1960, Evanston Roundtable, October 12, 2020.
Maia Spoto, Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston Announces a Community Reparations Fund to Complement City Initiative, Daily Northwestern, February 3, 2021.
Mark Guarino, Evanston, IL, leads the country with first reparations program for Black residents, Washington Post, March 22, 20201.
Rev. Michael Woolf and Rev. Michael Nabors, Using the Bible to Debunk 10 Myths about Reparations, Sojourners' Magazine August 4, 2021.
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Kiran Misra, Illinois city’s reparations plan was heralded – but locals say it’s a cautionary tale, The Guardian, August 18, 2021.
Documents
City of Evanston, Four Community Members Appointed to Serve on City's Reparations Committee, City of Evanston Press Release, April 17, 2021.
City of Evanston, Families Receive First Payments from Evanston Equitable Recovery Fund, News Release, April 28, 2021.
Dr. Patricia A. Efiom, Equity and Empowerment Commission - Recommendations on Actions to Address Wealth and Opportunity Gaps, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, September 9, 2019.
Mark Alston, Reparations: Redressing Institutional Racism and Redlining, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, February 20, 2020.
Presentations
Dino Robinson, Redlining in Evanston, City of Evanston Website, August 1, 2019.
​Videos
Joie Chen and Ray Suarez, To be an American: Identity, Race and Justice, Matter of Fact - Soledad O'Brien, Evanston focus from 48:05 - 53:12, March 17, 2021.
Nina Kavin, Interview with Robin Rue Simmons and Dino Robinson, Dear Evanston, January 14, 2021.
Whitney Dow, Dear Evanston film Trailer, Dear Evanstons Vimeo Channel, 2020.
​Podcasts
Megan Twohey, A City's Step Toward Reparations, NYTimes, July 7, 2021.
​Websites