Democrats Reintroduce Federal Resolution for Reparations

A coalition of Democratic lawmakers and advocates on Thursday reintroduced a resolution to offer reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans and people of African descent.

Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) led the reintroduction of the Reparations Now resolution, which was first introduced in 2023 by former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).

“We’re here to say that there’s no more waiting, no more watering down, no more putting justice on layaway,” said Lee, the descendant of enslaved Africans. “Black folks are owed more than thoughts and prayers. We’re owed repair, we’re owed restitution and we’re owed justice.”

The resolution calls for the federal government to allocate trillions of dollars in reparations to Black Americans to atone for chattel slavery, Jim Crow and the ongoing effects of other federally sanctioned discriminatory policies.

“For over 400 years, this country has profited off the stolen labor, the stolen land and stolen lives of Black people,” said Bush, who attended Thursday’s press conference.

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In March, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a monument recognizing the historically Black Greenwood District, which was burned to the ground in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Earlier this month, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Booker led the reintroduction of H.R. 40, which would create a federal commission to examine the lasting impact of slavery, systemic racism and racial discrimination. It would also explore measures — such as reparations — to address these harms.

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“We are in a moment of anti-Blackness on steroids, and we refuse to be silent,” said Pressley, adding that Congress has an obligation to right the wrongs of slavery and discrimination.

“We will not back down in our pursuit of racial justice,” she said. “The antidote to anti-Blackness is to be pro-Black, and we will do it unapologetically. The United States government owes us a debt, and we need reparations now.”

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