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Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, Senate Apologize for Slavery

A KCRG-TV news story comments on Senate Resolution 26 introduced July 18, 2009 ...

For the first time in history, the entire US Congress is apologizing for
slavery. On July 18, 2009, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution officially
acknowledging and apologizing for what it called the "fundamental injustice,
cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery."

Resolution 26 of the United States Senate is available on-line with a You Tube video and story from The Gazette's web site. This is a bi-partisan resolution lead by Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and others.

The beginning of the story was reflected in a blog post dated February 28, 2008 titled Harkin: It’s time for U.S. to apologize for slavery – Looking in at Iowa Blog by Cedar Rapids Gazette Librarian John McGlothlen.

“We’ve seen states step forward on this,” Citing resolutions of Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey. “I’m really shocked, just
shocked” that the federal government hasn’t apologized. “It’s time to do
so.” - Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa

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