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Greenbelt becomes first city to take reparations issue to the polls | Afro

By Daryl Moore Special to the AFRO In an historic move on April 14, the House Judiciary Committee voted to move forward House Resolution 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, or H.R. 40. The bill was introduced in 1989 by the late Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), but was never passed. […]

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