Illinois city denied motion to dismiss lawsuit against reparations program

A federal court denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against an Illinois town's reparations program on Friday. 

U.S. District Judge John F. Kness allowed a lawsuit from conservative group Judicial Watch against Evanston, Illinois to move forward. Judicial Watch filed a class action civil rights lawsuit against the city because of its reparations program. 

The program provides $25,000 direct cash payments to Black residents and descendants of Black residents who lived in Evanston between 1919 and 1969.