HJR194 Summary

• Expresses regret for Alabama's failure to prosecute the September 3, 1944 rape of Recy Taylor, a Black woman in Abbeville, who was attacked by seven white men and brutally raped.

• Acknowledges that an all-white, all-male grand jury twice failed to indict anyone, and that the case drew attention from NAACP activist Rosa Parks, who helped organize the "Alabama Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor."

• Declares that the state's failure to prosecute was morally abhorrent and repugnant, and expresses profound regret for the role played by Alabama's government.

• Expresses deepest sympathies and solemn regrets to Recy Taylor and her family and friends.

• Explicitly states that reparations shall not be considered or made regarding the lack of prosecution and that the resolution cannot be construed as support for reparations.