To: The United States House of Representatives
Help Congressman Conyers continue the reparations fight
I support Congressman Conyers' H.R. 40 Bill in favor of reparations for descendents of American slaves. I call on Congress to investigate the motives and legalities behind the significant changes made by Republicans that amounted to gerrymandering Congressman Conyers' 14th (now 13th) Michigan Congressional District.
Why is this important?
I am a descendent of American slaves and believe deeply that a grave injustice, an economic one, has yet to be addressed and rectified when it comes to the millions of American slaves who worked without compensation and their descendents who lived, and continue to live, without the economic assistance from their families they deserved. Congressman Conyers has introduced his H.R. 40 Bill (named in honor of the unfulfilled promise of 40 acres and a mule for freed slaves) every year since 1989 and vows to continue to do so until it is passed. Recently Republicans have gerrymandered his district so that he will face a tougher fight to win re-election.