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S.Res. 39 · 109th Congress

Lynching Victims Senate Apology resolution

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89 cosponsors · 43 D, 45 R, 1 I
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36 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Feb 7, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Jun 13, 2005

Declares that the Senate: (1) apologizes to the victims and survivors of lynching for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation; (2) expresses its deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets to the descendants of such victims whose ancestors were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all other U.S.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Jun 13, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Declares that the Senate: (1) apologizes to the victims and survivors of lynching for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation; (2) expresses its deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets to the descendants of such victims whose ancestors were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all other U.S. citizens; and (3) remembers the history of lynching, to ensure that these personal tragedies will be neither forgotten nor repeated.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation.

Latest action (Jun 13, 2005): Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6364-6365)

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 7, 2005

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  1. Senate Introduced Feb 7, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Jun 13, 2005

No recorded floor vote found.