Provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the enslaved persons collectively in recognition of their service as the greatest…
Official title: The original legislation awarding a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865
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This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the enslaved persons collectively in recognition of their service as the greatest contributors to the foundation of America's economic greatness.
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Who introduced this
Al Green
DU.S. Representative · TX-9
125 cosponsors — mostly Democrats
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