Senate passes apology for slavery, segregation


	Senate passes apology for slavery, segregation

DanaGarrett

6-18-2009 12:24 PM

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It's about time!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ea025b53-b46f-45a6-8b3a-81cd4281aa29/0DB3BB53-854D-4E98-BE5B-6417C5CA8959/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_slavery_apology" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_slavery_apology" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_slavery_apology"><SPAN id="lw_1245341021_0" class="yshortcuts">The Senate</SPAN> has unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and <SPAN id="lw_1245341021_1" class="yshortcuts">racial segregation</SPAN> and sent the measure to the House.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_slavery_apology"><SPAN id="lw_1245341021_2" class="yshortcuts">Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin first</SPAN> introduced the measure years ago but wanted it passed Thursday on the eve of <SPAN id="lw_1245341021_3" class="yshortcuts">Juneteenth</SPAN> - a day of celebration commemorating the end of the Civil War and the release of <SPAN id="lw_1245341021_4" class="yshortcuts">African Americans</SPAN> from slavery. He said the House is to take it up soon and that a formal celebration will be held next month in the Capitol Rotunda.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_slavery_apology">The resolution passed Thursday includes a disclaimer saying that nothing in it supports or authorizes reparations by the United States.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0DB3BB53-854D-4E98-BE5B-6417C5CA8959/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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