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The Chicago City Council’s Human Relations and Finance Committees will hold a joint hearing Wednesday to consider whether descendants of African-American slaves deserve government reparations.
“Nationally known historians and expert witnesses” have been invited to speak, according to Ald. Dorothy Tillman (3rd), sponsor of a resolution that led to the decision to hold the joint hearing.
Reparations have become the subject of a national debate that supporters believe ultimately will be decided by Congress.
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10 a.m. Wednesday in the City Council Chamber, second floor, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.
