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Dark Times: What The Fight For Weeksville And Reparations Says About Blackness In America
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Dark Times: What The Fight For Weeksville And Reparations Says About Blackness In America


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Published Jun 20, 2019

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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, and Actor Danny Glover, right, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington.
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