Black People Politics : Danny Glover to testify at House slavery reparations hearing

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Danny Glover to testify at House slavery reparations hearing


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...on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is scheduled to hold the hearing next Wednesday, its stated purpose "to examine, through open and constructive discourse, the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, its continuing impact on the community and the path to restorative justice."


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Reparations for slavery to get a hearing in Congress


The date of the hearing coincides with Juneteenth, a cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Africans in America. The former Democratic representative John Conyers of Michigan, the longtime sponsor of House Resolution 40, first proposed the measure calling for a study of reparations in 1989...

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Texas Democratic representative Sheila Jackson Lee
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Let's say reparations is approved,what exactly is it supposed to accomplish and how should it be structured?

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Beto O'Rourke backs slavery reparations in South Carolina campaign stop

Beto O'Rourke backs slavery reparations in South Carolina campaign stop

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke kicked off a campaign swing through South Carolina on Friday by pledging support for reparations for descendants of slaves and addressing climate change at a town hall with members of the Gullah Geechee Nation. The Gullah Geechee are...

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...are African-American descendants of slaves living in coastal, island and low-lying inland areas of South Carolina and Georgia who speak an English-Creole language.



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O'Rourke: White Americans don't know full story of slavery


"White Americans do not know this story," O'Rourke said, noting that until a tour of the church's grounds, he hadn't known anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman had lived in the area...

O'Rourke: White Americans don't know full story of slavery

Beto O'Rourke took a path somewhat less traveled on Friday, meeting with a small group representing a community of slave descendants in South Carolina as he strives to make connections with the black voters who will play a dominant role in next year's Southern presidential primaries. In a Baptist

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