City Of Chicago Forms Reparations Subcommittee

By Steve Bynum
March On Washington California
Los Angeles activist Ted Hayes stands with a scale model of a slave ship, in which thousands of slaves were brought to North America, during a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington, at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Hayes emphasized the part of the Rev. Martin Luther King's 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech that called for reparations for the descendants of those involuntarily brought from Africa to what later became the United States. AP Photo
March On Washington California
Los Angeles activist Ted Hayes stands with a scale model of a slave ship, in which thousands of slaves were brought to North America, during a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington, at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Hayes emphasized the part of the Rev. Martin Luther King's 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech that called for reparations for the descendants of those involuntarily brought from Africa to what later became the United States. AP Photo

City Of Chicago Forms Reparations Subcommittee

By Steve Bynum
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Reset talks with a Chicago alderman tasked with co-leading a City Council subcommittee on reparations for slavery and systemic racism.

GUEST: Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th Ward