Moulton wants GI benefits for families of Black WWII vets
Local social justice and affordable housing advocates are praising Congressman Seth Moulton’s bill to restore GI Bill benefits to surviving Black World War II veterans and their descendants who did not benefit equally after the war due to systemic racism.
Congressman Seth Moulton: ‘While our generation didn’t commit this wrong, we should be committed to making it right.’ COURTESY PHOTO / OFFICE OF REP. SETH MOULTON
“We at the Marblehead Racial Justice Team applaud this effort as an attempt to make up for a historical wrong that perpetrated a legacy of segregation,” said Rev. Jim Bixby with the MRJT. “It is unfortunate that even this kind of legislation is too little too late. The Black GIs missed out on investment opportunities during our most productive years of economic deve...