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Robin Rue Simmons, alderwoman of Evanston's 5th Ward poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her mother, aunt and grandmother in her home in Evanston, Ill., Friday, April 9, 2021. The Chicago suburb is preparing to pay reparations in the form of housing grants to Black residents who experienced housing discrimination. Simmons, a fourth generation Black resident, spearheaded the effort after studying racial disparity data, which shows the average income of Black families in Evanston is $46,000 less than that of white families. — AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar

January 16, 2023

New film documents reparations efforts in Evanston

We talked with the co-directors of the Independent Lens documentary “The Big Payback: Fear and Reparations in the American Suburb."

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