Taskforce releases landmark report on lasting impact of slavery in Fulton county

Report examines how the effects of slavery and Jim Crow at the county level continue to harm Black Georgia residents

A Georgia taskforce has released a landmark report that details the lasting impact of slavery and its afterlives in Fulton county.

The report, spanning more than 600 pages, is based on original research by the Fulton county reparations taskforce and a review of primary source documents. It is the first-of-its-kind in the nation, according to county leaders and researchers. Rather than examining the impact of slavery and racism at the federal or state level, the harm report investigated the role of the county government.