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Reparations Now Ripe for Full Congressional Debate
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Jun 2019
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The premier organization pushing for Black reparations holds its 30th annual convention, June 20 – 23, in Detroit. HR 40, the House Reparations Study bill, now has a companion measure in the U.S. Senate. “This is the first time since Reconstruction that there has been the potential for bicameral debate on the issue of redress for Black people in this country,” said Kam Howard, the Male Co-Chair of N’COBRA, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America.

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