City of Milwaukee - File #: 010131

• File #: 010131
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/8/2001
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 8/2/2001
• Title: Substitute resolution supporting pending federal legislation relating to slavery reparations and directing the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to lobby for its passage.
• Sponsors: Fredrick Gordon
• Indexes: FEDERAL LEGISLATION, SOCIAL CONCERNS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/10/2001	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
8/2/2001	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	9:8
6/29/2001	1	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED; Minutes note: Ald. Gordon moved the question of the vote for reconsideration. Prevailed.	Pass	16:0
6/29/2001	1	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL; Minutes note: Ald. Gordon moved to hold in council at the call of the chair. Prevailed.	Pass	16:0
6/19/2001	1	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED AND ENTERED IN JOURNAL; Minutes note: ALD. PAWLINSKI moved to amend the "Resolved" clause in File No. 010131: "the City expresses its support for H.R. 40", with deletion of the provisions of Section 3(b), (c) and (d). The motion failed by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Ald. Bohl, Donovan, Scherbert, Sanchez, Pawlinski, Breier, Nardelli and Murphy. Noes: 8 - Ald. Herron, D'Amato, Henninsen, Gordon, Richards, Cameron, Hines and Pratt. ALD. GORDON moved to Hold to the Call of the Chair. Motion withdrawn. Ald. D'AMATO moved for adoption of File No. 010131. The motion failed by the following vote: Ayes: 6 - Ald. D'Amato, Gordon, Richards, Cameron, Hines and Pratt. Noes: 10 - Ald. Bohl, Donovan, Scherbert, Sanchez, Pawlinski, Breier, Nardelli, Murphy, Henningsen and Herron.	Pass	15:1
6/11/2001	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:1
6/4/2001	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/1/2001	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/21/2001	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	3:0
5/17/2001	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/14/2001	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/14/2001	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/9/2001		JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
5/8/2001	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
010131
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. GORDON
Title
Substitute resolution supporting pending federal legislation relating to slavery reparations and directing the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to lobby for its passage.
Analysis
This resolution expresses the City of Milwaukee's support for H.R. 40, pending federal legislation relating to the formation of a commission to study slave reparation proposals for African-Americans and to make recommendations to the United States Congress on appropriate measures. The resolution also directs the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to lobby the City's Congressional delegation for passage of this proposed legislation.

Body
Whereas, More than 30 million Black African-Americans are direct descendants of slaves brought to the shores of America almost 400 years ago; and

Whereas, It is estimated that 80 to 100 million Africans died from starvation, disease, execution or other brutal treatment while being transported to the Americas and other regions of the globe during centuries of a horrible Black holocaust; and

Whereas, Slave labor was the primary source for clearing, cultivating, planting and harvesting the land, processing the products, and all other duties necessary for the economic enrichment of slave owners and their families; and

Whereas, The use of free slave labor is a major cause for the rise of the United States as the strongest, wealthiest nation in the world; and

Whereas, Free slave labor, championed by the United States government, allowed slave owners and their families to accumulate great wealth that was bequeathed to their descendants, while the slaves and their families had only the products of poverty to consign to their descendants; and

Whereas, Slaves were considered only three-fifths of a person in the United States Constitution and were deprived of pursuing any of the basic rights...