NAACP Chapter Is Sending Every Member Of Congress ‘From Here To Equality,’ Book On Reparations

The NAACP Mystic Valley Area Branch in Massachusetts recently sent every member of Congress a copy of the book “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century.” Written by reparations scholars William Sandy Darity and A. Kristen Mullen, “From Here to Equality” is considered the preeminent book and argument for reparations.

“It is our hope by sending this really important book to our congress it would give us the opportunity to educate them and engage them,” said Schiffon Wong, chair of the Reparations Committee of the Mystic Valley chapter of the NAACP, in a Neighborhood View interview. “We want all of us to have a shared understanding anchored in history, also anchored in economics as a basis in order to advance this policy conversation.” Read more here.