Black Families Demand Reparations and Land Restitution from Southern Universities.
African American families are demanding reparations from the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama for seizing their land decades ago. The families are seeking the return of land or some form of compensation for the land they were moved from in the 1960s. The legal claims to seized land have grown in number in recent years, with a national organization dedicated to helping Black families recover lost land receiving about 700 claims to properties since 2021. The call for reparations has become more legitimized recently as progressive lawmakers in cities like San Francisco have put together task forces to address how much they believe the city owes its Black residents.
