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Secon 200016 ad clare ith te Obst apegoent na See oT Revco Sans Catan of ar! aon ase ‘Se Cnc rosy nermton ry ar hee eas on our enlomes a, ban ans nig moraion Yoo rng ape wi terete sr ot tas and cb a obnnen ‘is romans sa news oan or alent prt chat he Fade govern. i'n used by he U5 Oto et Pecomel Maapena or amy oyecyraanng We foots et Ina fers ene one) repose aren the peau f suman Serpe rato at ‘Pohecl cer ncippar oh ron Sr whe see ec maa reine er Eiiotist meteor eee re = LP a RT Secageegeeoe en fara Sa an |g gy pT oN [Rate dann a, tr seep Conese ne. | Sait an se ifn Sands hat nom 1 chor An Aman ‘Apeortnin oy tcc gs A 1 have intnerOberPachine Apwen ig tg yt ar pei a ea Seen Be pun eg nay atc a Ege EaHL Res. 194 In the House of Representatives, U. S., “aly 29,2008. Whereas millions of Africans and their descendants were slaved in the United Stats and the 13 American col ie frm 1619 through 1885; Whereas slavery in America rescaled uo other form of inv untary servitude known in history, as Africans were eap fred and soldat austin lke inanimate objets or ani: smal Whereas Africans foreed into slavery were brutal, bonli- ated, dehuranivad, and sahjevted to the indignity of boing stripped of their names and heritages ‘Whereas enslaved familios were torn apart after having been sl separately fous oe anes ‘Whereas the system of slavery and the vseeral rasan against persons of Afiean desoent upon which it depended be- came entrenched in the Nations social fabric; ‘Whereas slavery was not ofialy abolished unt the passage of the 18th Amendment to the United States Conti: tion in 1865 after the endothe Cit War, Whereas after emancipation fram 246 years of slavery, Afti- an-Amercans soon saw the Heeting politi, social, and conoinie gains they made during Reconstruction evi coated by virulent racism, Imehiags,disnfranchisment,2 ‘Bak Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a gid eystem of offically smetioned racial segregation in ‘rtully al areas of ite Whereas the spstom of de june racial segregation known “Fim Crow," whieh arose in ertain parts of the Nation following the Civil War to ercate separate and wnequal secicties for whites and Afean-Amerieans, was a direct result of the radian against persons of Affisan descent engendered by slavery, Whereas a century after tho offi end of slavery in Amer jea, Federal action was nequined during the 1960s to eliminate the dejure and defacto spstom of Jim Crow ‘throughout parts of the Nation, though its vestiges stil linger to this days ‘Whereas Aftican-Amerians eoninue to suffer from the om: plex intrplay between saver’ and Jim Crow—long ater both systems vere formally bolishel—throgh enormons damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, inehading the loss of human dignity, he frustration of eareers and profesional ies, and the long-term los of income and portunity: ‘Whereas the story of the enslavement and do jure segregation of AbjcanAmericans and the dehumanizing strocties ‘committed against them. stould not be purged from or nina in the telling of Amerisan histor, ‘Whereas on July 8, 2008, during a trip to Gore Island, Sen ral «former save port, Frsident Goonge W. Bush ac Jnowlegod slavers’s contimng lgues’ in. American ie ‘and the neod to confront that legs when he state that slavery “was... one of tie greatest erimes of history "The racial bigotry fh hy slavery did not end witha slavory or with sogregation. And many of the isos that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times. But however log the journey, our destin isso: lberty and justioe for al. ‘Whereas President Bil Clinton also aeknowged the deep seated problems eansed by Uhe continuing leguey of rae jam against Atvican-Americans that gan with slavery ‘when he initiated national dale abot races Whereas @ genuine apology is an important and neeassary first stap in the process of racial reeneliation; Whereas an apology for centres of brutal dehumanization and injustees cannot erase the past, but confession of the wrongs commited ean speed racial healing and ree ‘oneiaton and help Amereans confront the ghosts of their pasts Whereas the lopislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia has recently taken the led in sdoptng a resolution ofvaly expressing appropriate renorse for slavory and othor State loislatures have adorted or are considering similar resolutions; and Whereas st 8 amportant for ths country, which legally recog nized slavery through ts Constitution and its les, to make a frmal apology for slavery’ and for its seen, Tim Cros, 80 that i ean move forward and sick ree onclaton, justice, and among for all ofits citizens: Now, therefore, be it Resoloed, Tat the Hose of Representatives — (2) acknowldges that slavery is inwompatibe with ‘the basic founding prinepbs recognized in the Declars- ‘on of Tnvlependenee that all men are reat qual:4 (2) acknowledges the fundamental injustice, erly, brutality, and inhumanity’ savery and Jim Cro (8) apologizes to African Americans on behalf of the poople of the United States, for the wrongs enmmittst against thom and their ancestors who suffered under Savery and Jim Crows and (4) espreses its commitment to retify the Tine ering consequences of the misdeeds committed against Afviean Americans under davery and Jim Crow and to stop the occurrence of nan rights violations in the fe tore, Attest: Clerk.Published on Indan Country Today Media Netwarkcom (cnindiancauninandaymedanehynd com) mons Pope Francis Apologizes to Indigenous Peoples for ‘Grave Sins’ of Colonialism och, Pope Francie apolgtaed on Thursday for he grave sn of olin ‘anal Indgenous Peopies of America na spect fo grassroots groupe a Bolva “seme may righty say, “When the pope sposks of clin, he overlooks certain actions of te cure," Pope sald, according © The New Yom Times Tsay ths to you wih roget Many ‘ve sins were commited against the Nave peoe of American the name of God Ho cant stop hore. "humbly ask forgiveness not only forthe offenea ofthe church hers, bt alo for comes ‘ommited against he naive peoples Gung the socalled congue! of Ameria “Tnas repore, He spoke to a crowd of mae than 1500 a he Wold Meeting of Popular Movements, standing 'sdo-y-sge wh Bolivian President Evo Morales, the Andean maton’ fst indigenaus president. ‘though Latin American church leaders have issued apoogios in the past this one went further land was much more argted, tha Associa Past repariad. Previous apologised not been “rected at aigancus Peopos ofthe Americas, AP sald“Te Cathosc Church was one of many Crsian denominations that ran boarding schools in Canada and the US designed tithe ndan nb chic by taking de fom tearing, of om De euture and educa tem nthe ways of te Europaar-minced sets. an Tut and Reconellaton Commason on Jun 2 cam oxt witha report ealing such pracoes “cual gonacde” and recommending that Prime Kinser Stophon Harper ask the Pope {orn apology. Teagh Harper met wih Pope Frans and mentioned the tepat he di nt ‘Speotionlyrequst the apology, andthe Ponts woes Boia dd nat erence the TRE Soeument RELATED: Pane Francs and Prima MinistarStenhen Marner Talk Tnuth and Reconclation Natcan ‘Many have cal fr him to outright escin tho Decne of Discovery, which paved the way for ‘centres of oppression agaist Indigenous Peoples. RELATED: Nuns Uae Pope to Rescind DoctineolDiscovery ‘The Ponts touring South America or eight days wt slops in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay He ‘ibs come out strongly agains! the environmental vgs and soca njuctes of ciate change ‘Sdn Tureca’s speech he connuod inet ven By ealing leaders Wh donot deond Methor Erin "cowards" He also sad toy are commating ‘a grave sin” AP Ieru St ove Ut: ndercitypytaan nopns i tinge speSUED MOTI PROPRIO CF Te SUFREME PONTIFE FRANCIS. 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