U.S. House of Representatives Issues Apology For Slavery
U.S. House of Representatives Issues Apology For Slavery and Jim Crow
On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, the House of Representatives passed a nonbinding resolution, led by Rep. Steven Cohen (D-Tenn), which serves as a formal apology for the government's participation in African American slavery and the establishment of Jim Crow Laws. The resolution acknowledges "the lingering consequences of the misdeeds committed against African-Americans under slavery and Jim Crow."
The Senate did not opt to participate in a joint resolution.
This resolution is the first formal apology that has ever been issued by the federal government for its role in the enslavement, as well as the ensuing institutionalized oppression, of African Americans.
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