ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 11–FILE–Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks at the Democratic National Convention at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Aug. 17, 2000. Conyers generated little interest in 1989 when he suggested that Congress assess the merits of repaying American blacks for the unpaid labor of their ancestors. The fight for slave reparations was the main topic of the first National Reparations Convention in Chicago Feb. 2-3, 2001. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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