make reparations

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Affected veterans say the monument signifies "closure" after decades of campaigning first to change the law, and then to push the government to make reparations.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

In the run-up to this year's summit, there have been growing calls from Commonwealth leaders for the UK to apologise and make reparations worth for the country’s historic role in the slave trade.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is still working to figure out how the county should make reparations to Black Angelenos discriminated against over the decades by government actions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Evanston, Illinois became the first U.S. city last year to make reparations available for Black residents, and public officials in New York will try anew to create a reparations commission in the state.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

“My first act,” I wrote, “will be to confess that I love you. I’ll beg pardon a thousand times for causing you unhappiness and make reparations by making you laugh a thousand times.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine