"I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to make their sentiments public."

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I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.

— Julianne Malveaux