We will say to America that we too, are America. We too are Americans. We too deserve. We too should be memorialized. We too should be repaired, restored. And there is as the church said yesterday, no reconciliation without justice.
Sheila Jackson Lee emphasizes the need for recognition and justice for all Americans, particularly in the context of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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