Today, it’s Midday with the Mayor, and Mayor Colin Byrd joins us. He’s a progressive Democrat who was elected in 2019 -- at the age of 27 -- as the youngest mayor ever elected to lead the city of Greenbelt, Maryland, his native city.

One of the mayor’s initiatives concerns reparations for African Americans and Indigenous people who, for decades after the town's creation as a planned community in 1937, were discriminated against in a racially segregated Greenbelt.

In a couple of months, voters in the historic Maryland city will have a chance to weigh in on the issue. The reparations referendum that Mayor Byrd proposed last spring will appear on the November 2nd ballot.

Mayor Byrd joins Tom on Zoom from Greenbelt.

Today, it&rsquo;s Midday with the Mayor, and <a href="https://www.greenbeltmd.gov/government/city-council/colin-a-byrd/-fsiteid-1">Mayor Colin Byrd</a> joins us. He&rsquo;s a progressive Democrat who was elected in 2019 -- at the age of 27 -- as the youngest mayor ever elected to lead the city of <a href="https://www.greenbeltmd.gov/home">Greenbelt, Maryland</a>, his native city.
One of the mayor&rsquo;s initiatives concerns reparations for African Americans and Indigenous people who, for decades after the town's creation as a planned community in 1937, were discriminated against in <a href="https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/african-american-history-in-greenbe">a racially segregated Greenbelt</a>.
In a couple of months, voters in the historic Maryland city will have a chance to weigh in on the issue. The reparations referendum that Mayor Byrd proposed last spring will appear on the November 2nd ballot.
<a href="https://twitter.com/MayorByrd">Mayor Byrd</a> joins Tom on Zoom from Greenbelt.

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

Midday

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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