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Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

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1/4/2007--Introduced.
Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act - Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend a... moreSee Full Bill Text

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July 27, 2007 Commentary: Racism From the White Left

Year after year, actually every year since 1989, John Conyers has introduced into congress HR 40, the African American Reparations Study Bill. ...

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August 25, 2008 Obama seeks to silence ad tying him to 60s radical

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer 1 hr 40 mins ago. DENVER – Barack Obama is striking back fiercely and swiftly to stamp out an ad that links him to a 1960s radical, eager to demonstrate a far more aggressive response to attacks ...

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With Representatives Keith Ellison who was sworn in on the Koran, John Conyers Jr lead sponsor of the HR 40 Slavery Reparations Bill. Obama talks about bipartisanship but his voting record suggests he is an orthordox liberal who ...

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