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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; John Conyers</title>
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		<title>H.R.40, the &#8220;Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/03/hr40-the-commission-to-study-reparation-proposals-for-african-americans-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.) has re-introduced H.R. 40, the &#8220;Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act,&#8221; for the 111th Congress.
This legislation is enthusiastically supported by several DeWolf family members who appear in Traces of the Trade, and Rep. Conyers prominently mentioned our documentary when he introduced the bill. He is also a long-time supporter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation related to slavery and the slave trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since last year, there has been a series of legislative developments, at the state and national levels, related to the legacy of slavery and the slave trade. I&#8217;ve blogged about each of these efforts separately in the past, but in this entry, I want to offer a quick overview of the various legislative proposals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness list for hearing on the legacy of slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2007/12/witness-list-for-hearing-on-the-legacy-of-slavery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Committee has released the witness list for tomorrow&#8217;s hearing, by the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, on the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
The witness list includes a number of prominent scholars and policy experts on slavery and race, including Professor Charles Ogletree of Harvard Law School, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing on H.R. 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Committee has just scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday, December 18, on the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
This hearing is expected to cover H.R. 40, the bill proposed each year by the committee chair, Rep. John Conyers, to establish a commission to study reparations for slavery; H.Res. 194, a resolution calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumors about H.R. 40 hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a rumor going around that Congressman John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has scheduled a hearing next week on H.R. 40, the bill which would establish a commission to study reparations for slavery.
There is even a press release, apparently issued by N&#8217;COBRA, which has been e-mailed to interested persons and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional legislation on the slave trade</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2007/08/hr-3432/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are familiar with H.R. 40, the perennial House bill proposing a commission to examine the legacy of slavery and possible remedies. Rep. John Conyers (D), currently chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has introduced this bill in every Congress since 1989. (The bill number is chosen to reflect the phrase &#8220;forty acres and [...]]]></description>
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