U.S. House apologizes for slavery
Posted July 30th, 2008 by James DeWolf PerryLate yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives formally apologized for slavery and the era of Jim Crow discrimination against African Americans.
The House passed H.Res. 194, a resolution sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), by voice vote after the measure attracted 120 co-sponsors. The resolution follows a similar measure by the Senate in February, apologizing for U.S. actions against Native Americans, and a congressional apology and reparations twenty years ago to Japanese Americans and their descendants for the use of concentration camps by the U.S. in World War II.
