BREAKING: Today, the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hosted a hearing on HR 40, a bill that would not only study the history of slavery and racial discrimination, but also make recommendations for reparations to Congress.
The scars created by hundreds of years of chattel slavery and racially discriminatory government policies are deep and will require real resources and investment in communities that have been harmed.
The aftermath of enslavement left African Americans facing the terrorism of widespread lynchings and targeted massacres.
Black people's lives and human dignity were denied across civic life — from criminal justice, to economic justice, to voting rights.
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Black people's lives and human dignity were denied across civic life — from criminal justice, to economic justice, to voting rights.
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We’re still feeling the after-effects in 2021.
Police brutality cuts hundreds of Black lives short every year.
Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in the mass incarceration system.
COVID-19 has hit hardest in many Black communities.
Police brutality cuts hundreds of Black lives short every year.
Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in the mass incarceration system.
COVID-19 has hit hardest in many Black communities.
In order to start the process of reconciliation, we must fully understand the impact of the institution of slavery and its legacy.
It’s time our country lets a government-funded commission study the issue of reparations and make recommendations for reparations to Congress.
It’s time our country lets a government-funded commission study the issue of reparations and make recommendations for reparations to Congress.
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