Booker, Norton Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation To Award Congressional Gold Medal To The 219,000 African Americans Who Fought To Preserve The Union In The Civil War
February 08, 2023
February 08, 2023
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
During the first week of Black History Month, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) reintroduced the United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act, legislation that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 219,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War.
Since the colonial era, Afri . . .
During the first week of Black History Month, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) reintroduced the United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act, legislation that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 219,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War.
Since the colonial era, Afri . . .