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House Panel Approves Bill To Study Slavery Reparations
“40 acres and a mule.” - I predict someone will conflate that with $1 million and a Range Rover.
A House committee on Wednesday advanced an effort to create a commission that could consider how to provide Black Americans with reparations for slavery.
The bill is commonly known as H.R. 40 and was first introduced in 1989 by former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), referring to the Civil War promise to provide newly freed slaves with “40 acres and a mule.” That pledge was never fulfilled and was later rescinded by the U.S. government.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted 25 to 17 to advance the legislation, with all Republicans objecting.
“40 acres and a mule.” - I predict someone will conflate that with $1 million and a Range Rover.