Legislation
In 2001, N'COBRA supported H.R.40, entitled Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. This bill was sponsored by Rep John Conyers Jr. and included the following co-sponsors:
- Rep David E. Bonior MI
- Rep Bob Brady PA
- Rep Corrine Brown FL
- Rep Julia Carson IN
- Rep Elijah Cummings MD
- Rep Danny K. Davis IL
- Rep Cal Dooley CA
- Rep Chaka Fattah PA
- Rep Alcee Hastings FL
- Rep Earl F. Hilliard AL
- Rep Jesse Jackson, Jr. IL
- Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee TX
- Rep William J. Jefferson LA
- Rep Eddie Bernice Johnson TX
- Rep Stephanie Tubbs Jones OH
- Rep Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick MI
- Rep Barbara Lee CA
- Rep James H. Maloney CT
- Rep Karen McCarthy MO
- Rep Jim McDermott WA
- Rep Cynthia McKinney GA
- Rep Carrie P. Meek FL
- Rep Gregory Meeks NY
- Rep Juanita Millender-McDonald CA
- Rep Eleanor Holmes Norton DC
- Rep John Olver MA
- Rep Major Owens NY
- Rep Charles B. Rangel NY
- Rep Lynn N. Rivers MI
- Rep Bobby Rush IL
- Rep Jan Schakowsky IL
- Rep Ellen Tauscher CA
- Rep Bennie Thompson MS
- Rep Edolphus Towns NY
- Rep Maxine Waters CA
- Rep Diane Watson CA
- Rep Albert Wynn MD
Read more about this topic: The National Coalition Of Blacks For Reparations In America, Origins
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