MS HC3

Expresses profound regret for Mississippi's role in slavery and apologizes for wrongs inflicted by slavery and its lasting effects on African Americans.

Acknowledges that slavery caused severe atrocities including dehumanization, family separation, rape, and subsequent discrimination through Jim Crow laws and segregation that persisted until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Expresses deepest sympathies to enslaved individuals and their descendants who were deprived of life, human dignity, and constitutional protections.

Encourages remembrance and teaching of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and modern-day slavery history to ensure these tragedies are neither forgotten nor repeated.

Specifies that the resolution is not intended to be used as a basis for litigation and directs copies be distributed to state elected officials, higher education leaders, and civil rights organizations.