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Washington, DC — On June 19, 2019 (Juneteenth), the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. The purpose of the hearing was to examine, through open and constructive discourse, the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, its continuing impact on the community and the path to restorative justice.
Witnesses
Panel 1:
The Honorable Cory Booker
United States Senator
Panel 2:
Mr. Ta-Nehisi Coates
Distinguished Writer in Residence, Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University
Mr. Danny Glover
Actor and Activist
Ms. Katrina Browne
Documentarian, Traces of the Trade
Mr. Coleman Hughes
Writer, Quilette
Mr. Burgess Owens
Speaker and Writer
Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton
Episcopal Bishop of Maryland
Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Economist and Political Commentator
Mr. Eric Miller
Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
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June 19, 2019, Washington, DC — The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) hosted a National Forum “Healing and Reconciliation: HR-40 and the Promise of Reparations for African Americans” immediately after the historic Juneteenth hearing on HR-40.
