Maryland‘s state legislature blocked Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D-MD) veto on Tuesday of the creation of a state reparations commission. The state’s Senate and Assembly both exceeded the three-fifths majority required to override the veto.
Moore, who is black, slapped the legislation down in May because he believed the state had already properly studied the impact of slavery on black Americans in Maryland.
The new 23-member commission will examine specific federal, state, and local policies from 1877 to 1965, the post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras. The commission will try to find clues about how public and private institutions benefited from possibly discriminatory policies.
Senate Bill 587’s lead sponsor, Democratic Maryland state Sen. C. Anthony Muse, celebrated the override.
“It’s been a long time coming, and I’m
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