Independent Lens “The Big Payback”

 Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 at 9 p.m.

An Evanston, Illinois rookie alderwoman led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans. While she and her community struggle with the burden to make restitution for its citizens, a national racial crisis engulfs the country. Will the debt ever be addressed, or is it too late for a reparations movement to finally get the big payback?

Ted Simons, host and managing editor of

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