Without question, history has taught us time and time again that our laws must boldly affirm that Black lives matter.
I think H.R. 40 is absolutely incredible, but I think the facts-finding is very difficult.
Let us be very clear, the commission on H.R. 40 is a commission to fact find, repair, restore, and develop proposals for...
I want to thank you for your leadership and your continued stalwart support for the importance of all Americans.
I am here today to let you know of our strong support for H.R. 40, originally authored by the great John Conyers.
This commission is really, it is no figment of your imagination.
That is what repair is all about, reparative justice.
it is important to keep sight, both of remedying individual harms, undoing structures of injustice.
We believe that the best way to solve that problem is to take it on head first.
This legislation is an important step in acknowledging the inherent cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery.
I would only say that there is something to the heinous, vile, and vicious Act of slavery that the descendants of enslav...