Opinion

Reckoning with Reparations on Martin Luther King Day

“TRUTH IS OUR COMPASS”

America owes Black Americans much more than economic restitution.

Marcus Anthony Hunter
Marcus Anthony Hunter
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A photo illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking and a civil rights march in Washington, DC.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty
Marcus Anthony Hunter

Marcus Anthony Hunter

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