So in its ever so timely manner of doing things, the senate finally passed a resolution to apologize for the complicity of past Senates in lynching black folks.
Basically, in between 1882 and 1968 nearly 5000 blacks had been lynched in these United States of America. Sometimes under cover of night by angry mobs but other times they happened in the middle of the afternoon where the men, accompanied with their wives and children would watch and bring along their picnic baskets. Several hundred bills were introduced in the House to try to put an end to the practice of lynching but they were all filibustered by southern senators and so they never became law.
So here is a Seattle Times Editorial to provide some historical perspective
And here is a piece in the Clarion Ledger which reminds us that we still have miles to go before we sleep. Basically, even today, there were apparently some (Republican) Senators who give the impression of not wanting to be on the record in public support of the resolution.
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