That's all well and good that he is trying to create a "national conversation" about it, but John Conyers actually proposed a bill (co-sponsored by John Lewis) that would create a "Commission" for the sole purposes of
STUDYING reparations:
House Resolution 40 (H.R. 40)
2001 (
died)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/hr40/text
2003 (died)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr40/text
2005 (died)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr40/text
2007 (died)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr40/text
2009 (died)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr40/text
2011 (died)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr40/text
2013 (current session) 1% chance of being enacted
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr40/text
H.R. 40: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
Full Title
To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
Has anyone the desire to contact either John Conyers or John Lewis?
If so, here is the contact information:
John Conyers
- Detroit
669 Federal Bldg.
231 W. Lafayette
Detroit, MI 48226
Ph: 313-961-5670
Fax: 313-226-2085
- Westland
33300 Warren Rd, Suite 13
Westland, MI 48185-9620
Ph: 734-675-4084
Fax: 734-675-4218
- Washington, DC
2426 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
Ph: 202-225-5126
Fax: 202-225-0072
John Lewis
- Washington, DC
343 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3801
Fax: (202) 225-0351
- Atlanta
The Equitable Building 100 Peachtree St., N.W. # 1920
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 659-0116
Fax: (404) 331-0947