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2007 SESSION

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HJ 728 Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.

Introduced by: A. Donald McEachin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Resolution; Acknowledging the involuntary servitude of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and calling for reconciliation. Acknowledges with profound regret, on behalf of the Commonwealth, the slavery of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and calls for reconciliation among all Virginians. This resolution is identical to SJR 332 (Marsh).

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Resolution; Acknowledges the contributions of various races and cultures to Virginia. Acknowledges the contributions of various races and cultures to Virginia, and expresses profound regret for slavery and other historic wrongs rooted in racial and cultural bias and misunderstanding.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Resolution; Atoning for the involuntary servitude of Africans and calling for reconciliation. Expresses the General Assembly's atonement, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for the slavery of Africans, and calls for racial reconciliation. This resolution notes the history of the American slave trade and the subsequent legal and social structures throughout the nation that deprived African Americans of their inalienable rights and states that healing and reconciliation are possible with the acknowledgement of past grievous indignities and injustices.