House poised to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow

[Blu Dahlia]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives was poised Tuesday to pass a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow.
The House is poised to pass a resolution that would apologize for slavery and Jim Crow.

The House is poised to pass a resolution that would apologize for slavery and Jim Crow.

The nonbinding resolution, which is expected to pass, was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, a white lawmaker who represents a majority black district in Memphis, Tennessee.

While many states have apologized for slavery, it will be first time a branch of the federal government will apologize for slavery if the resolution passes, an aide to Cohen said.

By passing the resolution, the House would also acknowledge the "injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow."

"Jim Crow," or Jim Crow laws, were state and local laws enacted mostly in the Southern and border states of the United States between the 1870s and 1965, when African-Americans were denied the right to vote and other civil liberties and were legally segregated from whites.

The name "Jim Crow" came from a character played by T.D. "Daddy" Rice who portrayed a slave while in blackface during the mid-1800s.

The resolution states that "the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/29/house.slavery/index.html

:wow:

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Interesting timing.

[Gabi Hayes]

1. why don't they pass a resolution apologizing for failing to enforce their

myriad subpoenas to the criminal regime down the street from them?

do something that matters, for a change

[Cha]

2. I was just going to say

"good timing"!