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MS HC2
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/7/2011
Primary Sponsor
Willie Perkins
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AI Summary
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Expresses profound regret for Mississippi's role in slavery and apologizes for the wrongs inflicted by slavery and its aftereffects on enslaved people and their descendants.
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Acknowledges that slavery deprived African Americans of life, human dignity, and constitutional protections, and recognizes the ongoing legacy of discrimination including Jim Crow laws, housing discrimination, and education disparities.
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Encourages remembrance and teaching of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and modern-day slavery history to prevent these tragedies from being forgotten or repeated.
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Specifies that the resolution shall not be used as a basis for any type of litigation.
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Directs distribution of the resolution to state elected officials, higher education commissioners, NAACP and SCLC Mississippi chapters, and press corps to inform constituents of the Legislature's position.
Legislative Description
Slavery; issue apology for state's role in upholding and perpetuating the institution of in Mississippi.
Last Action
Died In Committee
4/7/2011