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Members of the Section 14 Survivors organization and attorney Areva Martin react after the Palm Springs City Council approved an agreement to compensate former residents of Section 14. (File photo: Diamond Dust Photography)
04 Nov, 25

Section 14 Survivors Organization to Mark Settlement Anniversary with Community Summit

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18 Nov, 24

The City Of Palm Springs To Pay $5.9 Million To Black And Latino Families Forced From Homes

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15 Nov, 24

Palm Springs to pay $5.9 million to Black and Latino families over razed homes

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14 Nov, 24

Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach tentative settlement

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13 Nov, 24

Palm Springs strikes tentative $27M deal on landmark reparations settlement

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13 Nov, 24

Palm Springs Reaches Nearly $6 Million Reparations Deal With Former Section 14 Residents

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18 Apr, 24

Section 14 group rejects city of Palm Springs’ settlement offer; negotiations to continue

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13 Apr, 24

City of Palm Springs offers to pay $4.3 million to settle ongoing claim over Section 14

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12 Apr, 24

Palm Springs promises to ‘right that wrong’ for Black, Latino community destroyed in 1960s

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11 Apr, 24

Right that wrong’ Palm Springs City Council agrees to take actions regarding Section 14 

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Palm Springs Prayer Vigil Unites for Restorative Justice

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Palm Springs Prayer Vigil Black History Month
18 Feb, 24

Section 14 Leaders are Hosting a Black History Month City-Wide Prayer Vigil in Palm Springs

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08 Feb, 24

Survivors Of Palm Springs Section 14 Neighborhood Still Waiting for Compensation

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16 Jan, 24

Section 14 Survivor, Pearl Devers, on NBC Discussing MLK Day

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Crowds Turn Out To Support Section 14 During Dr. Martin Luther King Day

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Member of Section 14 stands where their homes used to be
11 Dec, 23

New Billboard Campaign by the Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors

Section 14 Survivors launch a Know Before You Go campaign to share their history with people visiting Palm Springs.
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Pearl Devers looking at old photos of her family before they were forced to leave Section 14
10 Nov, 23

Palm Springs Razed a Black and Brown Neighborhood in the 1960s. Survivors and Descendants are Fighting for Reparations.

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ABC News Covers Section 14 Survivors fight for reparations
10 Nov, 23

Black, Mexican Families Sue Palm Springs After Being Evicted Decades Ago

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07 Nov, 23

LOOK: Lift to Rise presents inaugural Community Investment Awards

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Know Before You Go News Coverage for Section 14 Survivors
12 Oct, 23

A Few Goals of ‘Know Before You Go’

Watch the most recent excerpt of coverage from our Know Before You Go campaign. You can help by sharing the story to your social…
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Pearl Devers speaks to the crowd about her experience when her family was forcefully evicted from Section 14
11 Oct, 23

Justice Rally at Frances Stevens Park

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For Indigenous Peoples' Day, clergy and business owners join the fight for reparative justice for Section 14 descendants and survivors.
10 Oct, 23

FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY, PALM SPRINGS CLERGY AND BUSINESS OWNERS JOIN THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIVE JUSTICE FOR SECTION 14 SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS

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21 Sep, 23

A Voice for the Voiceless

Attorney for the Survivors of Section 14 meets with hosts of FOX 5 in Washington, DC to raise awareness.
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01 Jul, 23

California reparations: How do you put a price on racism?

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19 Jun, 23

Section 14 Survivors and Descendants host Juneteenth rally

Section 14 Survivors host Juneteenth Rally at Frances Stevens Park in Palm Springs on June 19, 2023.
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Photo courtesy of the Chaparral/Cindy Chavez. Loyola Marymount University professor Dr. Cheryl Grills spoke during the community meeting on Feb. 24 at the United Methodist Church in Palm Springs.
10 May, 23

Reparations in all aspects: Section 14 survivors reminisce with goals for the future

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26 Apr, 23

Black Families Were Forced Out Of Now-Affluent Palm Springs. Their Descendants Are Demanding Over $2 Billion In Reparations

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One of the many house fires in Section 14 that survivors say drove as many as 2,000 families out, robbing them of political power and generational wealth. (City of Palm Springs)
24 Apr, 23

A reckoning in Palm Springs decades after a ‘city-engineered holocaust’

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Pearl Taylor Devers, the chairperson for the Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors group, right, is hugged by another member at the United Methodist Church in Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday, April 16, 2023. Black and Latino Californians who were displaced from their Section 14 neighborhood in Palm Springs allege the city pushed them out by hiring contractors to destroy homes in an area that was tight-knit and full of diversity. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
18 Apr, 23

Families displaced from California neighborhood seek $2B

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Palm Springs Section 14 survivors and descendants listen to Areva Martin, civil rights attorney, at the United Methodist Church in Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday, April 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
16 Apr, 23

Families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood seek $2B

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