KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt June 4, 2024 23:27:00
Some. >> reporter: brownlee's world view has evolved dramatically since then. the self-described pragmatic progressive was recently informed that several generations ago her forbearers were slave holders. >> on the one hand, i wasn't too surprised. on the other hand, when they said your great, great grandfather had two slaves and a child slave, that really hit me really hard. it hit me very, very hard. >> reporter: through public documents and family records, a reuters examination discovered at least 100 members of the last sitting congress had direct family ancestors who were slave holders. m...
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