Push for Slavery Compensation Enters Houston's Political Mainstream.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: August 12, 2002 | Copyright information

By Kristen Mack, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 12--Houston lawyer Angela Matthews, 34, was a hesitant convert to the fight for paying money to blacks whose ancestors once toiled as U.S. slaves.

A California native with parents from Jamaica and no known slave ancestors, Matthews had trouble at first answering the question: "How does this directly affect me?"

As she studied the issue, however, she concluded that many ...

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