Community organizations in East St. Louis are forming a committee to discuss reparations for 1917 massacre of its Black residents,
to honor the lives lost in the 1917 massacre on Saturday, the organizers announced the creation of the East St. Louis Reparations Committee, which will focus on the effects the 1917 East St.
Louis Race massacre, as well as"the effects of systemic racism in our region, and programs of reparations from direct payment to housing and how the state and fedora government can live up to their promise given to us," according to the event's Facebook page. Two National Guard soldiers escort a black man around the time of a race riot in east St. Louis.During the racial East St.
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