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DOJ Wants To Block Illinois City's Program That Gives $25,000 Payments to Black Residents Only

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The US Department of Justice has moved to intervene in a legal challenge against Evanston, Illinois' reparations programme, which provides up to $25,000 (£18,400) in financial assistance to eligible Black residents and descendants of former Black residents.

The DOJ argues the programme violates federal civil rights protections, while Evanston officials have defended the initiative as an effort to address the impact of historic discrimination.

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