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Uncounted Millions: Take What’s Owed

Part two of “Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations.” Gabriel Coakley wrestles restitution for his family, changing their trajectory for generations.
Lena Edwards, daughter of Marie Coakley Edwards.
Lena Edwards, daughter of Marie Coakley Edwards.Courtesy Adele Flateau

About this episode:


In episode two of “Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations,” Gabriel Coakley builds on the freedom and success found in the first part of our series by going after what’s been denied to most Black families in America: financial freedom. Trymaine Lee traces Coakley’s legacy to understand how a surprising influx of money gave his family access to worlds and privileges denied to most African Americans at the turn of the Century through to today.  

A petition for Gabriel Coakley from 1862.
A petition for Gabriel Coakley from 1862.National Archives and Records Administration

Trymaine is joined by: siblings John, Adele and Richard Flateau; cousins Desmond and Antoine Flateau; and professors Chris Myers Asch and Kellie Carter Jackson

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