Could New York’s Reparations Commission Target Wall Street, Insurance Companies for Southern Slavery?
As Governor Hochul’s reparations commission meets this year, one key question will be the extent to which the private sector will be held responsible for early ties to slavery.
Amos C. Brown Jr., vice chairman of the California Reparations Task Force, right, holds a copy of ‘Songs of Slavery and Emancipation’ as he and other members of the task force pose for photos at the California capitol. AP/Rich Pedroncelli, file
