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Hoyse and Congress still building that is badly needed, "that was Gen. William. remains weak: President Bush "_and should not be squandered "Sherman Ts promise to former is said to ppose paying slave . in the consumer market. |slaves shortly after the Civil | Compensation, and U.S. Rep. "_ Nevertheless, I also believeWar ended in 1865. His order John Conyers T proposal'to set that the poorest among usset aside land on the Georgia up a commission to study the should be compensatd firsand South Carolina coasts for _ impact of slavery has _ and through meaningful (notthe'settlement of thousands of languished for over a decade symbolic) monetary transfers.newly freed families. But the Reparations include 7 ohn |promise was quickly recanted _ CO?"?MPensations such as return Réeh dtskrecdab tere.and the land was taken back, 3 ae ny politics! peer " Sock cae to ,with no other plans for repara- ean spits enna e apologize for the wrongs doneet . transfers, 2 ies _ to our people (slavery) that isSince then, the issue has been combination of these, dueto Ot enough.revisited time and again by ae wrongdoing of'the grantor. We have to continue to soundleading civil rights activists, 71S Obvious, then, that the eo oe nations wwiiIn 1963, for example, Martin "0! reparations will take our voices are head from theLuther King Jr., called scpends on, among other White House to the Crack__ Sherman Ts promise oa check - things, we ta ee Haare SOwhich has come back marked _°! the victimized group and cares | insufficient funds. ? 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