250 Years of Slavery. 90 Years of Jim Crow. 60 Years of Separate But Equal. 40 Years of Mass Incarceration. 35 Years of Racist Housing Policy. Until We Reckon With Our Compounding Moral Debts, America Will Never Be Whole.
Mr. President, In Light of Recent Terrorist Attacks Against African Americans The Time To Act Specifically on African American Affairs Is Now.
We Request You Acknowledge The Fundamental Injustice, Cruelty, Brutality, and Inhumanity of Slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865.
Also, That You Establish a Presidential Commission To Examine The Institution of Slavery, Subsequently De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African-Americans, and The Impact of These Forces on Living African-Americans