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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= U.S. Senate Is Sorry About Slavery On Thursday, the Senate adopted a resolution that <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/18/senate.slavery/" title="apologizes">apologizes</a> for the evils of slavery on behalf of the people of the United States, and “acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery, and Jim Crow laws.” The resolution does not, however, offer any form of reparation for the descendants of slaves. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090618_us_senators_are_sorry_about_slavery/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090618_us_senators_are_sorry_about_slavery/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= U.S. Senate Is Sorry About Slavery On Thursday, the Senate adopted a resolution that <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/18/senate.slavery/" title="apologizes">apologizes</a> for the evils of slavery on behalf of the people of the United States, and “acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery, and Jim Crow laws.” The resolution does not, however, offer any form of reparation for the descendants of slaves. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090618_us_senators_are_sorry_about_slavery/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090618_us_senators_are_sorry_about_slavery/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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