descendants of enslaved Africans

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: ‘House Has Votes to Pass Reparations Bill’

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 17, 2022

“This has been a 30-plus year journey,” Congresswoman Jackson Lee declared. “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one by one to members explaining this does not generate a check.” Congresswoman Jackson Lee said this week that there’s now enough votes in the House for passage of the historic piece of legislation.

Education Health

Cal Reparations Task Force: Yale Prof. Traces Long History of Racism in Public Health

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaMarch 17, 2022

Dr. Carolyn Roberts said the trauma descendants of enslaved Africans suffered during transportation to the United States was only the beginning of a “broken relationship” between African Americans and the United States’ healthcare system.