Englewood activists: HB 4050 modern-day Black codes

From: Chicago Defender | Date: December 15, 2006| Author: Ayi, Mema | Copyright information

A group of opponents to House bill 4050 are calling the new law a 21st century version of Black Codes.

Englewood's John Paul Jones, who chairs both the Greater Englewood Community and Family Task Force and the newly-formed Committee to Rescind HB 4050, said the new bill will keep Blacks from owning land and has aided in the drop of values in his community.

At a meeting Monday on the HB 4050 issue, Jones said community leaders will tie the issue to the Black Codes of 1865 - a way...

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