Calls for reparations were ignored for decades. Now outrage has turned into action in some cities.

Calls for reparations were ignored for decades. Now outrage has turned into action in some cities.

The loss of land for Black Americans started with the government’s betrayal of its “40 acres” promise to formerly enslaved people—and it has continued over decades. Today, researchers are unearthing the details of Black land loss long after emancipation. “They lost land due to racial intimidation, where they were forced off their land (to) take flight in the middle of the night and resettle someplace else,” said Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, an assist…