An excerpt from the final report to the governor of North Carolina on compensating sterilization victims in 2012.

Through Executive Order 83, North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue created the Governor’s Eugenics Compensation Task Force in March of 2011. This final report, submitted by the Task Force on January 27, 2012, outlines recommendations for financial compensation and mental health services to victims of eugenical sterilization in North Carolina and public education outreach for all citizens of North Carolina to prevent similar future actions by the state.

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North Carolina Governor's Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of North Carolina's Eugenics Board, excerpt from “Governor's Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of North Carolina's Eugenics Board : final report to the Governor of the state of North Carolina : pursuant to executive order 83,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/9adb8a03d72d021f6e7c91fe06cafbb1.
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Courtesy of North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources via North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

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