Black Democrats Want Vote On Reparations This Month

Black Democrats want party leaders to agree to hold a vote on reparations this month, following the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

The Hill reported that members of the Congressional Black Caucus visited Tulsa, Oklahoma last month on the anniversary of the massacre, and now they want “to stage a reparations vote” in order to get Congress “to launch a study into the delicate question of whether the country owes Black Americans restitution for slavery.”

These lawmakers, including Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), returned from the trip and began pushing Democratic leaders to hold a reparations vote.

“For those of us who went to Tulsa, it became even more apparent to us how important it is to pass H.R. 40 and to do so certainly before we leave for the August recess,” Johnson said, according to the Hill.