There are 14 members on the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
At Wednesday's historic hearings on reparations in the House of Representatives, there will only be one African-American member on the subcommittee questioning expert witnesses about the lingering effects of slavery: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas.
Yet it is this subcommittee that is tasked with examining H.R. 40, a bill doggedly introduced for decades by former Congressman John Conyers which would create a commission to examine the legacy of slavery in the United States and recommend potential remedies for its persistent effects. Wednesday also marks Juneteenth, a holiday established to commemorate the 1865 abolition of slavery in Texas and, more broadly, to provide for a celebration of black culture.
, titled"The Case for Reparations," is responsible, in part, for reviving the current discourse about reparations—Senator Cory Booker, who is running for president, the actor Danny Glover and a handful of scholars.
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