Image on the cover of HR40 & Reparations Tool Kit by the ACLU.<\/p>\n
Excerpt from the Tool Kit:
\nHR 40: WHAT IS IT, AND HOW DO WE PASS IT?<\/p>\n
H.R. 40 is a Congressional bill that seeks to explore reparations for slavery and address how
\nslavery and its legacy have deeply harmed generations of Black people in America.
\nThe bill\u2019s number refers to \u201c40 acres and a mule\u201d — a false promise of property and opportunity
\nto Black people after the end of slavery in 1865. Instead of a land remedy to gain equal footing,
\nBlack people were subjected to oppressive Jim Crow laws and racial terror across the nation,
\nforcing millions of families to endure government-sanctioned social and economic
\ndiscrimination.<\/p>\n
H.R. 40 was first introduced in Congress in 1989. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)
\nre-introduced it as the \u201cCommission to Study and Develop reparations Proposals for
\nAfrican Americans Act,\u201d in 2019, noting that in the 30 years since it was first introduced, more
\nthan enough evidence had been brought to warrant a commission. Today, the bill has gathered
\nsupport and has over 200 co-sponsors and has its greatest chance of passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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