The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, along with the Georgia NAACP and the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, called for a special commission to discuss reparative justice for the descendants of slavery.
“[It] repairs the damage that was done to Black people in this state,” said Georgia NAACP President Gerald Griggs. “It’s time to pay the debt. It’s time to listen to the children of the people who were enslaved in Georgia.”
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State Representative Roger Bruce told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington that he wants action behind House Bill 955, otherwise known as the Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission Act.
“We’re pushing to have a study commission developed that will look at the impact slavery has had and is still having on the citizens of Georgia and recommended remedies for the damage that’s been done,” said Rep. Bruce. “We’re not asking the government to give us anything. This payment is for services rendered.”
Last year, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a similar commission called the Fulton County Reparations Task Force.