Hey everyone. It's Tremaineley, MS NBC Correspondent and host of the podcast

Into America. This Black History Month into America is presenting a special

series, uncounted millions, the power of reparations. I'm exploring the untold story of one

of the only black Americans ever compensated for slavery. I talked to his descendants and discuss how reparations forever change their

family trajectory and we imagine a reality where reparations are paid to the rest of Black America.

Stay right here and listen to the first episode

and search for Into America, wherever you're listening,

and follow to get the whole series. So when you start reading all this history and how they were part of it, they were a small part of it, but in our history it was like a big part a big legacy of

ours that we do nothing about. So without even knowing all this history your family

was being guided in some way to like put the puzzle pieces together.

Yeah, I mean it was just very very emotional and really shocking.

I'm going to tell you a story. It's about reparations, but I bet it's one that you've never heard before. America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back

marked insufficient fraud.

For generations, black Americans have pushed for reparations.

All of that slave labor that was amassed in unpaid wages is due someone today.

An overdue payment seems that America owes black people a lot for what we have

endured. It's an argument that's been on the lips of some of our greatest leaders.

Are the liberals willing to share their salaries with the economically insecure

black people they so much love?

It's been addressed at the local level.

Any demand was made that the church raised $80 million and

turn it over to black people.

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