Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley gives Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell a live lesson in Black History:
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Ayanna Pressley, a congresswoman from Massachusetts, gave Powell a live lesson in Black History that is actually a key chapter in a American history: the role of the civil rights movement, and of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in particular, in pushing for full employment policies that define thePressley was honing in on the concept of a “jobs guarantee,” a public commitment to the notion that everyone who is able and willing should be able to work.
“Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that the Right to a Job is secured by the 14th Amendment,” she added. “And Dr. Martin Luther King called on the government to guarantee a job to all people who want to work, and are able to work.” “And I take special claim to the fact that Dr. King and Coretta actually met in Boston. I represent Boston, and I don’t think she gets enough oxygen for the role that she played in the movement.
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