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California Moves Closer to Formal Apology for Slavery After Unanimous Assembly Vote

By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media California is moving towards officially apologizing for the horrors African Americans endured during chattel slavery after the State Assembly voted unanimously to approve Assembly Bill (AB) 3089 on May 16. Authored by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), the “California Apology Act for the Perpetration of Gross Human Rights […]

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