Chicago Defender, January 30th, 2003
The city of Chicago will literally make Black history in February when Ald. Dorothy Tillman's (3rd) "Slavery Era Disclosure Act" becomes law forcing firms seeking business with the city to disclose any slave trade ties. Tillman said the damage done to enslaved Africans has never been repaired. "We're going to take those funds and repair the damage. "We're the only group in this country that the government has ever legislated laws against to enslave. America has rebuilt communities all over this world, but, they've never rebuilt ours," Tillman said. She added that the Native Americans receiv...
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