Boston grassroots group holds meeting to discuss reparations [Video]

Approximately 200 people attended a meeting in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Saturday. It was hosted by a grassroots group to discuss the topic of reparations for African Americans in the city.The Boston People’s Reparations Commission held the meeting at the Bolling Building in Nubian Square, where members of the city’s African American community shared with the group what reparations means to them.”Reparations is cash. It’s land. It’s education. It’s these other functions that are included. It’s not just money,” said Boston resident Nick Johnson.Charles Yancey, who served on the Boston City Council from 1984 through 2015, said slaves in the U.S. were once promised their share of the wealth once the Civil War was over.”That has yet to happen,” Yancey said. “Let’s set the tone for the United States of America right here in the city of Boston.” The Rev. Kevin Peterson, head of the BPRC, said the commission is …