Freedmen Ledger
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The Ledger

57 entries on the record

Every entry is rated on two axes and backed by at least one primary source. Nothing publishes without one. Negative entries are published on the same terms as positive ones.

DateEntryWhere DirForceRealized
2026-07-19 California Enacts SB 518, "Descendants of Enslaved Persons: Reparations" CA +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-07-18 Massachusetts Bill to Establish Agency of Freedmen Affairs Advances to House Ways and Means MA +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-07-01 California Assembly Bill AB2599 Would Add Slavery-Related Corporate Disclosure Requirements to Civil and Public Contract Code Sacramento, CA +0 0.50 +0.00
2026-06-24 California AB 2186 Would Exclude Reparations Payments from State Income Tax; Advances Through Senate Committee Sacramento, CA +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-06-18 Michigan Bill Proposes Office of American Freedmen Affairs Lansing, MI +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-06-18 Michigan bill would create 'American Freedmen' reparations commission Lansing, MI +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-06-15 New Jersey Assembly Bill Would Establish 'Truth, Reconciliation, and Repair Act' Trenton, NJ +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-06-15 New Jersey Senate Bill Would Establish "Truth, Reconciliation, and Repair Act" Trenton, NJ +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-06-01 Senate Bill Would Establish Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-05-27 New York Budget Bill Extends Community Commission on Reparations Remedies' Reporting Deadline and Member Terms Albany, NY +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-05-05 Illinois Senate Resolution Urges Congress to Apologize and Provide Restitution for Slavery Legacies Springfield, IL +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-04-20 Vermont enacts bill on recommendations of Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group Montpelier, VT +0 1.00 +0.00
2026-04-17 Nebraska Bill to Create Redlining Restitution Task Force Indefinitely Postponed Lincoln, NE +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-04-01 Massachusetts Senate Bill to Create Reparations Study Commission Advances Out of Committee Boston, MA +1 0.50 +0.50
2026-03-31 Georgia Senate Adopts Resolution Creating Rosenwald Schools Study Committee Atlanta, GA +0 1.00 +0.00
2026-03-27 Illinois "Enslavement Redress Act" Would Require State Contractors to Disclose Slaveholding Ties and Fund a Redress Fund — Bill Stalled in Rules Committee IL +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-03-26 Massachusetts Bill to Establish Reparations Study Commission Redirected to Study Order Boston, MA +1 0.25 +0.25
2026-03-16 Maryland Bill to Revise Reparations Commission Withdrawn by Sponsor Annapolis, MD +0 1.00 +0.00
2026-03-12 House Bill Introduced to Create Commission Studying Land Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved People Promised Land Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-03-11 Maryland HB1271 — Reparations Board, Reparations Fund, and Endowment Excise Tax Bill Receives Committee Hearing Annapolis, MD +2 0.10 +0.20
2026-03-11 Maryland House Resolution Would Apologize for State's Role in Racial Terror Lynchings, Hearing Scheduled Annapolis, MD +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-02-26 House Resolution Introduced to Recognize Clotilda's History and Condemn U.S. Role in Atlantic Slave Trade Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-02-21 California AB 2723: Bill to Create American Freedmen Affairs Division and Resident Registry Sacramento, CA +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-02-16 New Mexico Senate Memorial Addresses Historical Forced Sterilization Policy NM +0 1.00 +0.00
2026-02-16 Maryland Senate Resolution SJ3 Would Apologize for State's Role in Racial Terror Lynchings Annapolis, MD +0 0.10 +0.00
2026-02-06 Virginia Bill to Create Commission on Black Land Loss Stalled in Committee Richmond, VA +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-01-13 New Jersey Assembly Bill Introduced to Establish State Reparations Task Force Trenton, NJ +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-01-13 New Jersey Senate Bill Would Establish State Reparations Task Force Trenton, NJ +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-01-07 New York bill would require disclosure of slavery-era insurance policies and state contractors' historical ties to slavery Albany, NY +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-01-07 New York Assembly Bill A05603 Would Create State Freedmen Task Force and Bureau on Reparations Albany, NY +2 0.10 +0.20
2026-01-07 New York Assembly Bill Would Require Disclosure of Slavery-Era Insurance Policies and State Contractor Ties to Slavery Albany, NY +1 1.00 +1.00
2026-01-07 New York Assembly Bill Would Establish State "Freedmen's Bureau" and Appropriate Funds — Still in Committee Albany, NY +1 0.10 +0.10
2026-01-06 Vermont Senate Bill on Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group Recommendations Introduced Montpelier, VT -1 1.00 -1.00
2025-10-13 California Governor Vetoes Bill Creating Postsecondary Admissions Preference for Descendants of Slavery (AB7) Sacramento, CA -2 1.00 -2.00
2025-10-13 California Enacts SB 437, Creating Genealogy/Descendancy-Based Claim Eligibility Process for California State University Sacramento, CA +2 1.00 +2.00
2025-10-13 California Bill to Ease Professional Licensing for Descendants of Slaves Vetoed by Governor Sacramento, CA +1 1.00 +1.00
2025-10-13 California bill to add slavery descendants to Dream For All housing assistance program vetoed by Governor Sacramento, CA -2 1.00 -2.00
2025-08-08 Federal bill would require corporate racial equity audits and 'atonement' for descendants of enslaved persons Federal +1 1.00 +1.00
2025-08-05 House bill introduced to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medal to enslaved Africans and their descendants (1619–1865) Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-06-20 Texas Enacts Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program (SB217) Austin, TX +1 1.00 +1.00
2025-06-12 Senate Resolution Urges Creation of U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-06-12 House Resolution Urges Creation of Federal Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Federal +0 0.10 +0.00
2025-05-15 House Resolution Recognizes Moral and Legal Obligation for Reparations for Enslavement, Referred to Judiciary Committee Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-04-30 Ohio House Resolution Introduced to Condemn and Apologize for Displacement of Randolph Freedpeople OH +1 1.00 +1.00
2025-04-07 Texas Bill Would Create State Program to Designate Historic Freedmen's Cemeteries Austin, TX +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-04-02 Georgia Senate Adopts Resolution Creating Rosenwald Schools Study Committee Atlanta, GA +0 1.00 +0.00
2025-04-01 Vermont Bill Would Create Task Force to Study and Develop Slavery Reparations Proposals Montpelier, VT +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-04-01 Texas House Resolution Honors United Warrior Band of the Seminole Nation/John Horse Band under review Austin, TX +0 1.00 +0.00
2025-03-14 Bill Introduced to Bar Federal Bailouts for State/Local Reparations Laws Federal -2 0.10 -0.20
2025-03-10 Minnesota bill would create 'Migration Act' account to study and fund reparation grants St. Paul, MN +0 1.00 +0.00
2025-03-10 Minnesota Senate Bill Proposes Study and Reparation Grants for American Descendants of Chattel Slavery Residing in Minnesota St. Paul, MN +2 0.10 +0.20
2025-02-27 House bill introduced to honor, preserve, and invest in historic Freedmen's Settlements Federal +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-02-07 Illinois SB2212 'Enslavement Redress Act' Would Require State Contractors to Disclose Slavery Ties and Fund Redress Program Springfield, IL +1 0.10 +0.10
2025-02-04 Oklahoma SB74: Appropriation Bill for Tulsa Race Massacre Compensation Program Introduced Oklahoma City, OK +2 0.10 +0.20
2025-02-04 Oklahoma HB1118 Would Create 'Freedmen of Oklahoma Commission' and Address Tribal Cooperative Agreements, Forfeiture, and Funds Oklahoma City, OK +0 0.10 +0.00
2025-01-09 Senate Bill Would Create Federal Commission to Study Reparations Proposals for African Americans Federal +0 0.10 +0.00
2025-01-03 H.R. 40 Reparations Study Commission Bill Reintroduced in House, Referred to Judiciary Committee Federal +1 0.10 +0.10