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H.Res. 194

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Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans.
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Passed
Latest Action · July 29, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
February 27, 2007
Cosponsors (120)
118D 2R
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Acknowledges that slavery is incompatible with the basic principle recognized in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal. Acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow. Apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the U.S. people for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors. Commits to rectifying the lingering consequences of slavery and Jim Crow and to stopping future human rights violations.

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