Houston City Councilwoman Urges Support of Reparations bill
Houston City Councilwoman says slavery's effects are long-lasting:
Urges Support of Reparations bill
She said she wants people to ask the mayor to support House Bill 40, known as the reparations bill, that would create a study of slavery's effects on African-Americans in the United States"People think this bill would pay every African-American descendent. No, it's a study, collecting the data to do a study," she said. "I want you to jump on the bandwagon." [more]
Urges Support of Reparations bill
She said she wants people to ask the mayor to support House Bill 40, known as the reparations bill, that would create a study of slavery's effects on African-Americans in the United States"People think this bill would pay every African-American descendent. No, it's a study, collecting the data to do a study," she said. "I want you to jump on the bandwagon." [more]