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Juneteenth Reparations Hearing on H.R. 40 Puts Reparations Debate in National Spotlight

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These are the vestiges of enslavement that people don’t want to deal with,” said Dr. Julianne Malveaux, the former President of Bennett College.

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Lauren Victoria Burke

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and writer for Black Press USA as well as a political analyst and communications strategist. She appears regularly on Roland Martin Unfiltered and can be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke

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