Austin city leaders discuss Black Austin Restitution Resolution

City leaders discuss Black Austin Restitution Resolution

Austin Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison and others discuss a resolution that if passed would the City of Austin's role in disenfranchising Black residents.

AUSTIN, Texas - City leaders held a meeting to discuss a resolution on the Austin City Council agenda that if passed would acknowledge the City of Austin's role in disenfranchising Black residents through historic discrimination, urban renewal policies, and the 1928 Master Plan.

Item 67 would also direct the City Manager to report to city council on the economic harms caused by this disenfranchisement and to bring recommendations for the creation of a Black resource and cultural center.

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Members of the Black Austin Coalition and others joined Austin Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison in a press conference at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, to discuss the resolution.