Tampa Bay Times: Recognizing Racist Past, Tampa Will Create Reconciliation Committee

Tampa Bay Times, April 18, 2024, Recognizing Racist Past, Tampa Will Create Reconciliation Committee

More than three years after the Tampa City Council formally apologized for the city’s racist past, the body unanimously approved the formation of a committee tasked with examining and addressing persistent inequities in Florida’s third-largest city.

The 13-member Race Reconciliation Committee will make policy recommendations to “address our economic and racial divide,” according to the resolution passed Thursday, which now heads to Mayor Jane Castor for her signature.

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