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H. RES. lg4
Apologizing for the ensla,r'ement and racial segregation of African-Amcricans.
IN TIIE I{OTISE OII REPRESENTATI\T'S
FnsnuaRv 27,2007
Corms (f'or liimsclf. Mr. Jonxsox of Geolgia, I'Is. .IecxsoN-Lnn of
Texas, I'Ir. Bapy of Pennsl4r.ania, NIr. WEXr,En, l,Is. Krr-p.qrntcx, lls.
\Yclclr,sny, JIr'. P^cl,r,r)N-T, tr'Is. Lnn, l'Ir. l.{t-'Goranx, },Is. SclL+xolsrr,
l'Irs. ller,oxsy of Neu, York, lIr. Comuns, Mr'. lfomx of \rirginia, l,Ir.
Cepu.lllo. l'[r. Raxcsl,, X'Ir. Plvirtt, I'Ir. JunnnRSoN, n'[r. Er,r,rsttN, ltlr.
Ar, GnnnN of Texas, Mr. BrrrrnnFrFJLI), IIs. We'rsoN, I'Ir. I{rNcunv,
\[r. Clnarmn, ]'Is. Cmsox, Mr. lsrurnl, Mr. r\crcrnru,r, NIr. I).rvrs of
Alatrarna. Mr. Lnrlrs of Georgia, llr. r\nr:ncnot{BrE, nlr'. H.mn, l{r.
KENNEDy, lIs. Il.qr,owrN, I'Ir'. IIonns, NIr. FrlNnn, l'[r. IIoxnA. and
f,Ir. KucrvcH) subnitted the fblloning lesolution; rvhiclr n'as let'en'ed to
the Committee on the .Iudiciarv
RESOLUTION
Apologizing for the enslar.'ement and racial scgl'egation of
African-Americans.
\\hereas niillions of Africans and their descendants were
enslaved in the l-Inited States anrl the 1l] Anrerican colo-
nies from 1619 through 1865;
\\'hereas slavery in America rese.mble(l no other fbrm of inr,nl-
untar-v ser\,'itude knorvn in history, as Africarrs were cap-
tured and sold at auction like inanirrate objects or ani-
mals;
L
\\trereas Africarrs fbreed into slaverlr were brutalized, hurnili-
ated, dehurnanized, ancl subjected to the indigrritv of
being stripped of their names and heritage;
\\rhereas enslaved families rvere torn apart after har.ing beren
sold separately fi'om one another;
\\'herea,s the svstem of'slavery and the visceral racisrn aga,inst
persons of African descent uporl lvhicli it depended be-
came entrencired in the Natiorr's social fabric;
\\4rercas slavery was not officiall;' abolisheti until the passage
of the 13th Amendment to the llnitcd States Constitu-
tion in 1865 after tire end ofl the Civil \\rar:, wirich was
fougtrt over the slaverv issue;
\Vhereas after emancipation froni 246
;rears
of slavery, Af'ri-
can-America,ns soon saw the fleeting politica,l, social, and
economic gains thery made during Reconstruction evis-
ceratecl bv vimlent racism, lr.nchings. clisenfranchisernent,
Rlack Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a
rigid system of'officiall;' sa,nctioncd racial segrega,tion in
r,'irtually all areas of life;
\\4rereas the systern of de
jure
racial segregation knorvn as
"Jim Crow," rvhich a,rose in certain parts of the Nation
fbllorving the Oil'il War to create separate ancl uneclua,l
societies for rvhites and African-Amcricans, was a ciirect
result of the racism against persons of African desccnt
engendered by slaver;';
Wfrereas the system ofl Jim
(lrorv
la,rvs officiall;' existed into
the 1960's-a centur:y, after the official end of slavery in
Arnerica,-until
(lonI'ess
took action to end it, but thc
vestiges of Jirn Crorv continue to this da-r';
Whereas African-Anrericans continue to suffer fitrn the con-
sequencos of slaver.y and Jim Crorv-long altcr both svs-
.HRES 194 IH
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te'rs ivere formall.v
abolishcd_thr.o*g'
enormous
da,rnage
ancl loss, b'th ta,*gible
a'd irita,rrgibre,
irci*ding
ilre ross
of ]ruman
dignitv
antl ribertv,
the fi'stration
of career.s
anri prof'essio'al
rives,
ancl the 1.ng-ter.nr
loss of i'c,mer
antl opportunitv;
\Yhereas
the st'r;, of'the ensrar.ement
ancr de jr_rre
segregatio'
of African-Americans
ancl the clehr.rma,nizing
atro.ities
committed
against
thern sh'uld not be purged
fi.''
or.
*i'irnized
in ttrer telling
of Anrcr.ican
histor.v;
\\hereas
on July 8, 200:1, tr'ring a trip to
(]oree
Israncl,
se,-
egal, :r fbrnrcr
sla,r.e port,
presiclent
Ge.r:ge
W. Bush ac_
knori,ledgcd
slal,er1.'s
continuing
legaw
in Amer.ican
life
anri tire need to corfront
that legacy,
rvhen he stated that
slarrery
"n'as one of the ppea,test
cr.imes
of rristor.rr
. . Ttre ra,cial
bigotrl' f'ed b;, slal.er;,
di{ 1ot encl witli
sla'e.v
or rvitli segregatio'.
a.rd nlany
of the issues
that
still t.oribie l..e.ir:a
har-t, ru.rts i' the bitter.
expc.ie*ce
ofl otlier times. But hou,e'e' lorig the jour.ney,
o*r crestiny
is set: liberty
and
justice
fbr all.',;
\\''hereas
Presicle't
Bill clinton also acknorvleclgecl
the deep_
seated pr'blems
causecr br,' the contin'i'g
regac_v
'f.
rerc-
ism
against African-Americans
that
bcga' u.i'r sra'er'
u'hen he initiatetr
a, national
dialogue
about race;
\\hereas
a genuine
ap.logp, is an important
a'cl necessar\r
first
step i* tlie pro.ess
of raciar reconciliatio';
\Mrereas
a' a,polog-v for centu'ies
of br.utal
dehumani
zation
arrcl injustices
cannot erase the past,
b't corrfressiorr
,f
ther rvr,ngs
committecr
can speecl racial hearing
ancl r.ec:-
oncilizrtio'
ancr herp anericans
co.fr,'t
the
Eliosts of.
their.past;
oHRES
194 III
4
\vhereas the legislature of the Cornrnonlvcalth of virginia has
recently ta,ken the lead in adopting a, resolution officiall,v
expressing appropr.iate rernorse f'or slar,er.y and other.
State legislatures are considering similar rescllutions; and
\\trereias it is irlportant fbr this country, lvhich legallv rccog-
nized slavery tlrougir its Constitution and its la,rvs, to
make a fbrmal a,polopp' for slavery and for its slccctssor,
Jinr Orrtrv, so that it clarr rno\ fori,vard arid seek rec-
onciliation,
iustice, and harnionl' fs1. all ofl its citizerns:
Now, thercfor.e, be it
I Resol,ued, That the l{ouse of Representatives-
2 (1)
acknorvlcclges tlie fhnclamentai injustice,
3 cruelt,r', brutalit;., and inlumanity of slaver;v and
4 Jim Crow;
5 (2) apologizes to African-Amr:ricarls
on behalf
6 of the people of the United States, tbr. tire \\TorlF
1 comniitted aga,inst ttrem and their anccstor.s who
8 suffererl under slaver..y and Jirn Crorv; arrd
9 (3)
expresses its cornmitment to r.ectifv the lin-
10 gering corlsequences of tlre rnisdeeds mmniitted
11 against r\fi'ican-r\rnerir:ans under. slavery and Jirn
12
(lrou'
and to stop the occur-r.ence of lnrman rights
13 r,'iolatioris in the future.
.IIRES
194 IH