N.J. legislators, civil rights leaders call for task force on reparations over slavery
Updated Feb 27, 2021;
New Jersey legislators, including several members of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, are once again calling for the passage of a bill (S322/A711) that would create a task force to explore reparations over slavery.
In a Zoom meeting, attended Thursday by several prominent religious leaders and heads of statewide civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the New Jersey Institute For Social Justice, legislators called for the formation of a reparations task force, which they said is necessary and long overdue to address systemic racism.