12/02/2013
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"Today's hearing on 'H.R. 40: Exploring the Path to Reparative Justice' gives us the opportunity to reflect on the shameful legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in this country and to examine how we can best..."
"How do you envision the structure and operation of a reparations commission or task force?"
"Today we still live with racial disparities in access to education, healthcare, housing, insurance, employment, and other social goods that are directly attributable to the damaging legacy of slavery ..."
"H.R. 40 is intended to begin a national conversation about how to confront the brutal mistreatment of African Americans during chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and the enduring structural racism..."