MS HC52

Acknowledges February 7, 2013, as "Mississippi Day of Freedom and Abolishment of Slavery" and establishes its annual commemoration on February 7 each year thereafter

Recognizes that Mississippi officially ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 7, 2013, when the Federal Register Director confirmed the state's ratification after a clerical oversight lasting 148 years

Notes that Mississippi had been the only state remaining from the Union that failed to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment until 1995, and the ratification was not officially documented until 2013

Encourages Mississippi citizens of all races, ethnicities, religions, and nationalities to commemorate the date as a day of reflection on slavery's abolishment and celebration of freedom and African-American achievement

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the Fannie Lou Hamer Civil Rights Museum, state officials, and the Capitol Press Corps