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Congresswoman Backs New Bill that Seeks Reparations for Slavery

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Mar 17, 2019
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Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is sponsoring a House bill that seeks to set up a commission to evaluate reparations from enslavement, including the consideration of a national apology.

The commission would examine “the impact of continuing discrimination against African Americans,” and recommend “compensation, to begin the long process of at…

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