As Juneteenth celebrations unfold, New Jersey advocates including Jean-Pierre Brutus are pushing reparations back into the spotlight. NJ Spotlight News reports on the statewide and national fight for repair.
Five years after Juneteenth became a federal holiday, New Jersey advocates are using the anniversary to press for reparations at the state and federal level. NJ Spotlight News spoke with Jean-Pierre Brutus and other advocates who say Juneteenth should be more than celebration — it should be a yearly accountability check for a nation still unwilling to repair the harms of slavery and its legacy.