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Tag: H.R. 40

**FILE** Andrea Levy (R) from Queens, New York, joins other demonstrators for slave reparations on the National Mall August 17, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of blacks rallied, saying it is long past time to compensate blacks for the ills of slavery. (Manny Ceneta/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

MALVEAUX: Reparations Rising With Robin Rue Simmons

by Julianne Malveaux December 15, 2021December 16, 2021

The fact that so many cities and states are considering reparations initiatives and appointing reparations commissions is invigorating and encouraging. As Robin Rue Simmons said, change happens from the bottom up and not the top down.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Posted inNational

Reparations Advocates Organize, Agitate on Capitol Hill

by Sam P.K. Collins June 26, 2019December 21, 2021
Julianne Malveaux, former president of Bennett College, testifies June 19 at a Capitol Hill hearing on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the ancestors of enslaved Africans kidnapped and brought to America. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, Lauren Victoria Burke, National

Juneteenth Hearing on the Hill Puts Reparations Debate in National Spotlight

by WI Guest Author June 20, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. of the television show "Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life" speaks during the 2019 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena in Pasadena, California, on Feb. 2, 2019. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: The Case for Reparations Heats Up

by WI Guest Author April 17, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inBusiness, Columnists, William Reed

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Is Jackson Lee on Fools’ Errand in Reparations Chase?

by William Reed September 12, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inBusiness, William Reed

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Lewis Antics a Smokescreen for Reparations Apathy

by William Reed January 25, 2017October 30, 2020
William Reed
Posted inColumnists, Op-Ed, Opinion, William Reed

A Black Agenda for Congress

by William Reed November 25, 2016October 30, 2020

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