U.S. Senate Is Sorry About Slavery
On Thursday, the Senate adopted a resolution that apologizes 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.
On Thursday, the Senate adopted a resolution that apologizes 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.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for the wrongs of slavery.
The nonbinding resolution sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is similar to a House resolution adopted last year that acknowledged the wrongs of slavery but offered no reparations. The House will have to vote on the issue again because the composition of that chamber changed after last November’s elections.
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