I am Summer Lee and I represent Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. And of course, proud to stand here alongside my sister, Rep. From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in this work. The federal government has time and time again kept its knee on black Americans and then told us that we need to then pull ourselves up by our bootstraps for over 400 years. I recognize that this is the 250th anniversary but we've been 400 years. This country has stolen black labor, black lives and black futures. And at every stage our government has sanctioned it. (06:38–06:50)
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Asserts that the federal government has oppressed black Americans for over 400 years.
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