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Evanston Reparations Committee. The Evanston Reparations Committee was established by the City Council of Evanston, Illinois in 2019 as the first publicly funded reparation program for Black Americans. The first program approved for using the funds, cash payments for housing support, was passed by the city in March 2021.
Evanston (/ ˈ ɛ v ən s t ən / EV-ən-stən) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan.A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is 12 miles (19 km) north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wilmette to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east.
Black residents are eligible for a $25,000 payment if they, or their ancestors, lived in Evanston between 1919 and 1969 or if they prove that they have experienced housing discrimination due to ...
As talk of reparations ripples through the federal and local governments nationwide, Evanston, Ill., has become the first city in the U.S. to put money in the hands of Black residents affected by ...
Northwestern University. / 42.05583°N 87.67472°W / 42.05583; -87.67472. Northwestern University ( NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois.
Robin Rue Simmons (born March 12, 1976) is an American former politician and national leader for local reparations for African Americans . Rue Simmons was born and raised in the largely segregated [1] 5th Ward of Evanston, Illinois . From 2017 to 2021, Rue Simmons served as the alderman of the 5th Ward. As alderman, she led the passage of the ...
Designated NHL. December 8, 1976 [ 2] The Charles Gates Dawes House is a historic house museum at 225 Greenwood Street in Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1894, this Chateauesque lakefront mansion was from 1909 until his death the home of Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951) and his family. Dawes earned the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan to ...
Nichols, King Arts, Bessie Rhodes, Haven, Chute. Website. eths .k12 .il .us. Evanston Township High School ( ETHS) (District 202) is a public high school in Evanston, Illinois. The campus is located in a northern suburb of Chicago along the Lake Michigan shore. ETHS was established in 1883 and serves the city of Evanston and a small portion of ...