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Jameelah Nasheed
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This year marks 160 years since that bureau's creation, which makes this a great time to recognize its legacy, its unfulfilled promises, and what we can learn from it all.
How Racist Lawmakers Thwarted This Early Attempt at Reparations
The Freedmen’s Bureau was supposed to support formerly enslaved people.
www.teenvogue.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
meelanash.bsky.social
My latest for @teenvogue.com
teenvogue.com Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · Mar 7
This year marks 160 years since that bureau's creation, which makes this a great time to recognize its legacy, its unfulfilled promises, and what we can learn from it all.
How Racist Lawmakers Thwarted This Early Attempt at Reparations
The Freedmen’s Bureau was supposed to support formerly enslaved people.
www.teenvogue.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
meelanash.bsky.social
This March marks 160 years since we (Black people in America) *almost* got reparations…

…that “40 acres and a mule”…

I wrote about the Freedmen’s Bureau for @teenvogue.com — its promises, failures, and lasting legacy.
www.teenvogue.com/story/the-fr...
How Racist Lawmakers Thwarted This Early Attempt at Reparations
The Freedmen’s Bureau was supposed to support formerly enslaved people.
www.teenvogue.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM