The fund was set up in response to recommendations for single payments of as much as $5 million to any Black San Franciscans who might be eligible.

Sir Lenny Henry is attracting attention with a new book calling for every black British person to receive slavery reparations, a proposal that could cost the UK taxpayer an eye-watering £18 trillion.

San Francisco’s mayor has signed an ordinance creating a reparations fund for black residents while admitting the cash-strapped city does not have any money to fund it. The city’s board of supervisors ...