Black pastors and activists want Central District land as reparations

“I call it reparations, because if it’s not reparations, it becomes sort of charitable, you know, and it’s not a charitable offer. It’s a payment for a debt,” said Donald King, a professor of architecture at the University of Washington who has lived in the Central District for approximately 40 years and is part of The Nehemiah Initiative, a church-led, community-based partnership designed to preserve and revitalize the Central District.

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