by KYW's Pat Loeb
A national coalition of African-Americans seeking reparations for slavery has rejected a U.S. Senate resolution that apologizes for the enslavement of blacks. The local chapter of the group repeated its call for monetary damages to be paid.
"A reparations accord for blacks is needed now."
Charlotte Harris of the Philadelphia chapter of the group N-Cobra spoke at a news conference on Independence Mall, saying an apology doesn't go far enough to compensate the descendants of slaves for what she says are disadvantages faced in education, poverty, health, and in the justice system:
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