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U.S. Conference Of Mayors Backs Democrats’ Plan For Slavery Reparations Commission

Hank Berrien
U.S. Conference Of Mayors Backs Democrats’ Plan For Slavery Reparations Commission
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On Monday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors published a letter in which they backed the idea of Democrats to create a reparations commission so the idea of slavery reparations to 41 million black Americans could be examined.

The letter, signed on behalf of the mayors by Louisville mayor Greg Fischer, the president of the organization, was addressed to Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who had submitted bills in their respective houses to create a reparations commission.

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