Washington Will Spend $300K to Study Reparations. Multiracial Solidarity Made It Possible

When attorney and former Washington State Rep. Jesse Wineberry (for Districts 37 and 43) learned that Washington State would fund a $300,000 study of reparations for the descendants of victims of U.S. chattel slavery, he became emotional. Wineberry, the co-founder and director of Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA), had seen up close how Black and Japanese American politicians and activists had worked to address reparations. 

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