North carolina city to apologize for slavery pay reparations to black residents the city of asheville n c has voted to apologize and pay reparations for its participation in the past. Hundreds of years of black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today said councilman keith. The 7 0 vote came the night of july 14.
Asheville in an extraordinary move the city council has apologized for the city s historic role in slavery discrimination and denial of basic liberties to black residents and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants. A north carolina city made the historic move to pay black residents reparations on july 14 a unanimous vote came through from asheville north carolina s city council. In an extraordinary move the asheville city council has apologized for the north carolina city s historic role in slavery discrimination and denial of basic liberties to black residents and.
The resolution officially apologizes for slavery and segregation. The asheville city council passed a resolution supporting reparations for black residents calling on the state to do the same. The city asheville n c will provide funding to programs geared toward increasing homeownership and business and career opportunities for black residents as part of a reparations initiative.
