Howard University Professor Calls on U.N. Tribunal to Make Reparations

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Howard University Professor Calls on U.N. Tribunal to Make Reparations

… .N.) tribunal to pay every black American $5 million in reparations — a … California forecasted that reparations to black Americans would cost the state $800 …

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