In honor of Veterans Day, congressional Democrats have reintroduced legislation that would provide GI Bill benefits to descendants of Black World War II veterans.
The GI Bill Restoration Act was introduced in the House by Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is set to introduce the legislation in the Senate, according to a news release on Clyburn's website.
he GI Bill was established in 1944 to help"qualifying Veterans and their family members get money to cover all or some of the costs for school and training," according to the US Department of Veterans Affairs. While the government paid for the college education of White veterans and provided other types of financial aid to them, Black veterans were denied access to the full benefits of the bill -- an exclusionary practice repeated in other key US policies of the 20th century.
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