http://dagblog.com/link/us-capitol-ceremony-remembering-1619-anniversary-cost-slavery-29035 Comments for "U.S. Capitol ceremony remembering 1619 anniversary, cost of slavery" en http://dagblog.com/comment/271225#comment-271225 <a id="comment-271225"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/us-capitol-ceremony-remembering-1619-anniversary-cost-slavery-29035">U.S. Capitol ceremony remembering 1619 anniversary, cost of slavery</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Nikole Hannah Jones DBA "Ida Bae Wells" grateful and proud to tweet video of Schumer's speech:</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>Wow. Never thought my name nor my work would be spoken of in Congress. This is for the 40 million descendants. No one can ever say they do not know the year 1619 again or that America would not be America without us. I am so grateful. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/1619Project?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#1619Project</a> <a href="https://t.co/PDanHeiwmR">https://t.co/PDanHeiwmR</a></p> — Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) <a href="https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1171551277769269252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2019</a></blockquote> </div> </div></div></div> Tue, 10 Sep 2019 22:49:15 +0000 artappraiser comment 271225 at http://dagblog.com