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SF181 ( 1 Page )

INTEGRATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM ( 1 Pase

H. RES.

Amendment with 20 Sections of Constitution of the United States of America; ratified

November 18, 1856 by "h ol the severa! states ( 2 Pages )

S. Con. Res. 26 ( Pages 6

194(4 Pages

13th

^Urgent^

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Guide to Personnel Data Standards

ETHNICITY AND RACE IDENTIFICATION

(Please read the Privacy Act Statement and instructions before completing form.)

Name (Last, First, Middle lnitial)

Social Security Number

SPENCER, DOMINIQUE,E. WITHOUT PREJUDTGE

RADACTED

Birthdate (Month and Year)

06/1987

Agency Use Only

Privacy Act Statement

Ethnicity and race information is requested under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e-16 and in compliance with
the Office of Management and Budget's 1997 Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race
and Ethnicity. Providing this information is voluntary and has no impact on your employment status, but in the instance
of missing information, your employing agency will attempt to identify your race and ethnicity by visual observation.
This information is used as necess,?ry to plan for equal employment opportunity throughout the Federal government. lt
is also used by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management or employing agency maintaining the records to locate
individuals for personnel research or survey response and in the production of summary descriptive statistics and
analytical studies in support of the function for which the records are collected and maintained, or for related workforce
studies.

Social Security Number (SSN) is requested under the authority of Executive Order 9397, which requires SSN be used
for the purpose of uniform, orderly administration of personnel records. Providing this information is voluntary and failure
to do so will have no effect on your employment status. lf SSN is not provided, however, other agency sources may be
used to obtain it.
Specific lnstructions: The two questions below are designed to identify your ethnicity and race. Regardless of your answer to
question 1, go to question 2.
Question

1. Are You Hispanic or Latino?

(A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other

Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.)

[fves 8l No

euestion

2.

please select the racial category or categories with which you most closely identify by placing an "X" in the appropriate

box. Check as many as

aPPlY.

RACIAL CATEGORY
(Check as many as aPPIY)

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American lndian or Alaska Native

DEFINITION OF CATEGORY

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America
(including Cential America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community
attachment.

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Asian

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast
lndia,
Asia, or the lndian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China,

l"pln, ror"r,

gtack or African American

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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific lslander

El

wrrite

Malaysia, pakistan, the philippine lstands, Thailand, and vietnam.

groups of Africa'
A person having origins in any of the black racial

Hawaii' Guam' Samoa' or

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of
other Pacific lslands.
peoples of Europe' the Middle East' or
A person having origins in any of the original
North Africa.
Standard Form 181
Revised August 2005
Previous editions not usable

42 U.S.C. Section 2000e-16

NSN 7540-01-099-3446

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DEFI}*ITIONS FOR MEW RACE Ai{3 ETHNICITY CATEGORIES

Racerethn icity (new definition)
Categpries devebped in 1997 by the Offw of Managenent and B/rd/get (OMB) that are used lo desrlle groups to which individuals bebng, rtenw wrth, or
bebng fuz the eyes of the annmunity. The dtegories do not denote *ientifD clefniteins of anthropologial oruin$. The desilrnatbns are u#d ta ategorize
U.S. 6TEen& res#lent aFPdns, and other e&ibk non-dtizens. lndividuals are asked fo frsf desorate ethniely as:

Hispanic or Latino or
Not Hispanic or Latino
Second, individuab are

asl(/d to

hdiete

one or

fiare ra@s that apply among lhe follawkg:

American lndian or Alaska Native

Aslan
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pecific lslander
White

Hispanic or Latino

A person af Cuban, Mexian, Puerto Rican, South or Central Ameican, or other Spanish eulturc
American lndian or Alaska Native
of the oiginal peoples of Norlb and Souh America (including Centr-al Ameica) who mainbins cultunl
idenfificafion hrough tribal affliation or community albchment.

A person having oigins in any

,{sian

of tie Far East, SoufheaslAsra, or the lndian Subconlinenl including, for

example, Cambodia, China, lndia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakisbn, the Philippine lslands, Thailand, and Vietnan.

A person having oigins in any of the oiginal peoples

Black or African American

A person haVng origins in any

of the black racial groups of Africa.

Native Haurallan or Other Pacific tslander

A percon havins orisins in

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lryi::9r?*, Sarnoa, or other Pacific /sJands.

White

A person having origins in any of the oiginal peoples of Europe,the Middle East, or Nofih Aftica.
Nonresident alien

A penon who is
the

not a citizen

or national of the Unrhd States a nd who is in this country on a visa or temponry basis and does not have
are to be rcported separctelyinthe placesprcvided, ralfierthan in anyof the

ngftfu remain indefini@ly. t\lole:Nonresidentaliens

acial/ethnic categories descrlbed aboue.

Resident alien {and other eligible non-citizens)

A person who ls not a clfrzen or nationat of lhe united Sbtes butwho has been admitted as a legal immigrantforlhe putpose of
te.rrY a Tempomry Resldent
(and who holds either an alien rvy,ssv.,v.'
rcgisttation card (furm l-551 or 'l-151),
obtaining pemnent resident atien status lqrruart,v,.vrv
ilvuaArrr,rrYysrattorrgrta.g)rs9,rt
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Card (Form l-688), or an Anival-Depafturc Record (f-orm l-94) with a nofution that conveys legal immignnt sts.tus such as Section 207
I Retugea, Secton 208 Asylee, Canditional Enbant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian). Note: Resident aliens are to be rcpofted in the
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APologizing

fiir thc

H. RES. Ig4

enslavenrcnt antl raeial segregation of .\fi,iean-Anrc.ica,s.

IN TIII]

IIOLTSE OT' BI]PRESF]I{TA?IVI]S

l'urrnrrrun' 27, 2007

I{r. connx (fbr hinrsclf, l{r'. Joltxsrlx of Geor.gia, I\{s. J,rrrrsoN-I-.,EFi of

Texas, l\Ir. Ra,tur- o{'Pcrrrrsrlvzuria, llr. wRxI,I.)B, Ms. ICt,l,rrrRI(,N, }Is.
WOr)r,sDr-. Mr'. Pr\r,I()Nn, i\[s. LEE, [[r.. ]\It:(ftlrmnN, ][s. Sr,u.ql(owsr(y,
lhs. l\Luoxut of Neu' York, M.r. Ltoxvcns, nh'. Ilorlrx of Yirgirria, l\lr.
Cl,\pLI,\No, llr. R-,ur'ttul, Mr. P:\\'Nitr, Mr. Jtil.tnpnsoN, Mr. El,r,lsoN, lfr.
Al, ()Rtux of 'lcxas, \{r. }lt'trpt*,rllr,r), XIs. \\',rrsox, nlr. lIrxt.rruy,
Mr'. Llt,t;,trrrtr, lls. C,utst)N, Mr. lsli,\El, XIr. At't<Elt,\L\N, IIr. ]):\\,IS of

l\Ir. LE\vIS <tf Georgia, Ilr. Altnnr.Rotlnrn, nlr. H,tRr:, NIr.

I(uxxuDt, lIs. Il,u,nt'lN, N'lr'. IIonns, I\,Ir. F'll,Nprr, N,lr.. IIoNn,r, and

,\labanru,

Mr'. Kttt'txt(rII) subrnittt'tl tlur fblkrwirrg lesolution; r'hir,h r,r'as lefirlrctl to

the Committce rln tlre .Iudician'

RESOLUTION
Apologizing tbr the enslarromcnt and racial segre:gation of
Af ricarr-Ameri(:aI

IS.

\\4tereas rrtillions of Africans attd tlreir destrettdtrtrts \\'ere

enslavecl in the Unitcd Statcs alld the 13 American colonies from 1ti19 through 18ti5;
irl Arlieritla resembled tro otlrer fbrrli of irrvolulitary scl.\ itude knornrr in historyr, as Africans werc capturetl anrl solcl at auction like inaniDratc objeets or ani-

\Mrereas

slaver.1,-

mals;

\\'lrereas Afi'ir:arrs f'urt.ed into slaver)' \\'ere lirutalized, lrumiliated, tlchumanized, and subjected to the indignitlr of
being strippcd of thcir nancs ancl heritagc;
\\thereas errslal,ed fanrilies \\,ere torn apart after having beerr
solcl scltaratcly from one anothcr;

\\hereas thc system of slavery and the visccral racism against

persol)s of Afrir.arr desr.ent upon u'lrirlr it deperrded becamc cntrcnchccl in the Nation's social fabric;
\\rhereas slavery was not offieially abolished until the passage

of tlre 13th Anrerrclmerrt to tlre Llrrited States Llorrstitution in 1865 aftcr the encl of the Civil War, u'hich rvas
fbught cx,er the slavory issuc;
\\'hereas after emartt'ipatitlrt from 246 I'etrrs of slaver.l', Afi'ican-Americans soon saw the fleeting political, social, and
econotitic gains flsry madcr during Recotrstruction evisCerated [;' riruler tt ratlistri, lvrrrrl ril r gs, di set tfrattc:l tisemet tt,
Black Coclcs, ancl racial segrcgatio[ Iau,s that imposed a
riglcl systeln of otficiaily turr.,toned racial segregation in

virtually all aretts of lif'e;

kno$n as
\\hercas the system of dc jure racial segrcgation
..,Iim(lrotv,,,rvhiclraroseincortailrpartsoftheNatiorr
arrd urrequal
filll,u,irrg tlre tliYil War trl (lreate separate

societiesforrvlritesalrclAfrican-Americans,\\IaSaclirect
of African clescent
result of the racisnr against pcrsons
ertgetrdered bY slaverl

into
Crorv larrys officially cxisted
Whercas the s1'stetn of Jim
the ofticial encl of slaverv in
the 19ti0'5-21 ccntutl' atttrr
atrtiott to errcl it' but the
took
Congress
Aneritra=-urrtil
to this day;
vestigcs of Jim Crow continue

s'l.rerctrsAfricau-Arrt.rioarrsclorrtinrrtltosuffcrfromtlreconSeqllerl(lesofslaver-varlclJimCrtlrr,-lorrgafterlrotlrsr's.IIR.ES 194 III

tems rvere fbrmalll' abolislred-tlrrouglr er)ormous dantage

and loss, both tangible and intangible, incluiling the loss

of human dignit5, and libcrtv, thc frustration of'care(lrs
arrd prot'essirlrial lives, and the lorrg-terrn krss of irrcome
and opportunity;
Whcreas the story of the enslurcmcnt and de jure segregation

of

Afritrarr-Americarrs and

the delrumarrizirrg atro<:ities

committcd against them should not be purged from or

minirnizcrd in thc telling of American history;
\\tlrereas orr July. 8, 2003, durirrg a trip to Goree Islarrd, Serregal, a former slavc port, Prcsident George W. Bush acknorvlcdged slavery's crontinuing

lcrgac',1.,

in Ancrrican lif'e

arrd tlre lreed to confront tlrat legacv rvlrerr ]re stated tlrat
one of the gr"eatest crimes of history
slaverl. "was

. Thc racial bigotrv

f'ed by slavetl' did not cnd u'ith

slaver), or u,itlr segregatir-rrr. And mal).\' of tlre issues tltat

still troublc America havc roots in thc bittcr exllerience
of other tirues. But hou,evrrr long the journLrv, orlr rlcstiny

is set: lihertl' alrd justit:e ftrr all'";

llill

Clintotr also acknorvledgccl the decpseated pr'<lbierns caustrcl b)' tht c<-rntinuing lcgacl' of rac-

Whereas Prcsident

ism agairrst Africail-/'\nrerit,atts tlrat begalr u'itlt

slaYery

when he initiatecl a national dialogue aborit lflccl

Wrereas a gcrnuinc apologry is an iurportant aud necessary

first step irr tlte process of ratrial retlorrtriliation;

wrcreas an apologl, for centurics of brutal dchumanization

andinjrrsticescannotcrascthcpast,brrtcorrf.essionof
healing attd ret:tlre u,r0rrgs (lommitted carr speed rar,ial
thc ghosts of
onciliatio* ancl help Amcricans confront
their Past;

.IIRES 194 IH

\\'hereas the legislature of tlre oomrnorlvealth of \rirgirria lras

reccntly takc, thc lcad i, adopting a resolution offieialll,
crpressing appropriatc renrorso fbr slar.cry anrl other
State legislatures are i.orrsidering sinrilar resolptiorrs; a1d

it is irnporta,t for this country, u,hich legalll, rccognizcd slavcry througt its oonstitution and its larvs, to

whereas

make a fbrnral apolop5. fbr slaverl, and ftrr its sll(1(1essor,

Jim crow, so that it can movc forrvarcr antl seck rcconciliation, justice, and harmony fbr ail of its citizrrns:
Norv, tlrereftrre, be it
1

Be,solued,

(1)

(,ruelt-r,,

Jim

That the Ilorise of Rcprggsnf,2tilzssacknorn4edges

brutalitv,

the fundamental

arrd irrhumarrit.y

of

injustice,

slar.ery arrd

Crou,;

(2) apologizes to African-Ane.ricans on

bcrhalf

of the people of the Urrited States, fbr the \\,,l"or)gs

committccl against them aucl their ancestors rvho

suft'ered und.er slavery and Jitn ('11eqr; attd

(3) expresses its t:ontmitmetrt trl retrti(r' tlte lirr-

10

gcring consequcnces of the misdcecls eommitted

11

against African-Anericans uudcr slavery and Jim

12

Crorv atrcl

r3

violations in thc futurc.

to stop tlre o(i(lurretl(re of ltunratt riglrts

C

.IIRES 194 III

Armr,8, 1884.1

JOUITNAL OT TEE STNATE.

311

Pending clebate
Jrrrrorrnced that, the nroruirig houl irc,d expi.red, arrcl c:,llcri
the unfinislied birsinass of tire Senarc of I'csterday: &ucl
consideration
for
up
-The
Senate resumed the conoidcration of the_joint_r'esolui.iorr (S. IR)'pr"oposing amendments to tire Constitution 0f the Uilited States; and,
On the question, lYill the Setialc concur in tLc *,rLreldnrcirt mnde to tlic

the Pr6sidertt

.joint rcsolution in Co*lnittec of thc lThrile ?

. After dcbate,
On motion byrlIr. Saulsbur-y to antend ihc anicndmeut l)lildo in Conrmiitee
of the Wbole, by siriking <;ut thc rvorcls " Article xiii, section 1. N'eit}er
slavery nor involunt:tly scrviLutle, cxcept its a prrnishmcnt for crinrc, whereof
the party shall haye bccn duly col:victecl, sha jl trxist rvithin the United States,
o.r elly phce sulrjcet to tireir' .luriscliction. Eection 2. Cougi'css sh*ll Larc
p_owelto cnforce ihis.articlc by' applopririte legislutioul" incl inscrting, in
licu thcrcof, thc follorvir:g:
An:rcm IIII.
Sscuos L. ,\11 ilcrs0ilB shall have tlrc rigLt 1;i:acr:al-riy io zssernbli: and
rvorship God accoldi:ig to thc iliciatcs of thcir ox'u consciarcc.
Src.2. 'lhe use of the public pr'cs$ slrall not bc obsti'uctcd; bnl cr.iminai
publications nr*clc in otte $tatc against tlic Iarvl'Lrl instit'.rti,.rns of iruothcr.
St*te shrll rat hc alior.r,cc1.
Suc. 3. Tl.lc righl tf citizcns ta frce nnd larvful spcccl iu irulili* asscr]tblics s}:all not bc cienicd. Accr:ss of citizclrs to ttrrc brllot-licx ,ghall n*t bc
obstructcrl t:iltrrcr Ly civil ol niilit:r,r'y powcr. The rnilit*l'): sliilll ;r.h.r'ays hc
subordln:lte to tilc cxistir:g judicial irutirorit;' r:ver citiecns. ?lio l.rrivilcgc
of thc'rvrit, cri' l'tabeas cc]l?n$ slnl} nevcr bc susperiitred in tlrc 1>resencc o{'thc
jurlieirl autholit1'.
Scc. 4. llhc nrilit.i* r",f r St*tc o:' of thc LTuiteil Siatcs sLnll uot lre erripioycrl to irrvadc the lnrviirl riglits ,:f thc pcoplc of any of tlrr screral
Sial,esl but thc ll:itcrl Stttes sLall not be irorr:by dcpriverl of tire right and
power ta clcfcnri arrd protcr:t ils plopcrt; and riglrts x,itliir.r tlre limitsof an;'
ol tLe Stai*s.
Sec.5" Pcrst;ls hckl tr: $e]'r,ice or lahor lur'1i1'c, iu auy Statc under thc
l*ws therccf, rnrr"v bl trli*u iuto irn.y I'ct'ritory r"rt' tiru Llriited St*tes south of
nor.th lntitutlc 3tic 30', r:ril. thu light tr) sricrL se rvicc iil Iaiiot' slrall not l-rc
impaircd tlrcreby, alrl tlrc l'crlit,rrinl ltgisltt-ul'c tlrclcr.,f sirrrll hilve the exclwive riglrt to'multe ald sLall r:raiic alL rrocclfnl lulcs.a,:rctr .rcgtrJntions for'
thc proteCtiorr of snch riglrt, iurtl alxo {irr i,lic 1:l'otcctiori oi' su!)h pcrfion$i
Litrt Congrese or arry Ten'itori;rl lcg'islattrre slrall rtot itavc lirirvcl to irupa,il
or lrboiis"h suclr riglLt of'sclviceirr tJrri sa1l Ten'ituly- *,lrilc in rr Tcrritorial
conditir.,n rvithoui tLc cuuscnt oi':rll tLe Statcs sotth of saici iatitude'whicL
rr,intain such scrvice.
$no. S, Lrvoluutaly scrvituilc, cxccpt f,rr crituc, sl:nll_riot be pelmtnorltly
cst*blished within thc District sei apilt f't,,r tht: scat of Sovcrnu)cnt of thc
lllitcd Statcs; bni,tlrc light of srrjr"rirt'r.r in sucit L)jstrict il'itir pcrst'tts held
to servicc or l*l-ror for lilc slrtll rrot ltc rtrcnicd.
Ssc. ?. lVlr:n any ?clritoly rf' tire Lrritcd Statcs soutit of rrortir latitudc
$6" 30' sirall havc ii populati,;n cqual to thc ratic: of rcpl'cscntal,ion ftrr onc
mennbcr of Congreu*,'*,i,1 thc peolric thcreof shall lrnve formcd n constitu'
shall bc acln"ritted ns a Sta,te
tion for: a ropubiicar: fotm of $ovcrnnient,
rvith
ihc
Slatcs; and.t]re-peopie
other'
into the liniitn, on rrn equnl fbo"tirig
ligirt to.irvoluntary
tire
prrtritiit
sustaiu
or
nray in such co[stituiion citltcr
nt
thcil rvill.
r:r
constitution
anrcn,l
tlic
lab"or or service, anrl altcr
article oue, of this
itr
two,
section
reproscutation
right
of
tt,o
b,
prlseut
Suo.
Stateo m&iritainthe
of
ail
coirseni
Conuiirutlon shall nor bJ altered without the
368 30,' but
latitude
of
south
,uS iho t:ight to invtiluttary service or labor
rn

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312

JOURNAI,, OF' THE SEI{ATE.

fAnmr, 8, 1864.

noihilg in tliis Constitution or its arriendrnents shall bc construed to duprive

any Siate soulh of tho right of said latitude 36" 30'of abolishiug invoir.ratory servitr,de at its will.
?he regulation anrl control c{ ttre light to lnbor or scrvice irr any
of-SI*.!.
the $tates south of laiitudc 360 30'is Lerebyrceognized to be oxclrrsively
thc right of cacl Statc within it$ onn limits; and tiris 0onstitntion shall
not be altered r.rr amelr'lcd to irnpair i,his liglit of each Stote rvithor:t its
cotrsent: Prouiclecl, f iris art,icle shall nat br: con;brued to absoh,e tlre Unitcrl
St:ites f,rom r"endcriug assistance to suppress.' insun'cctions or clomestic violenee, whorr called npon by any Statc, as plovidedlbrin sectiou fi:ur, lu'liele
four, of this Constitution.
Sec" 10, r\r: State sir:r,ll pass any larv in *ny rvry interfei'ing' x,itli or r.rbstructiug tlic rccolery of {'ugiiivcs fron jnstice, or fi'om Iabor or seLvicc,
or a,ny law of, L'lr:nqlcss nroclc undel ariicl6 fcrnr, section two, of ihis Co[gtitutir:nr &nd a1l-larvs in violat,iou of this scclior may, or c.rnrplirinf rnarie by
anf porson or State, be dcclarccl voiil by tbc Su1:r'crne Couri r:f' ttrrc Unitccl
States.

Src. 11. ,ls t, r'ight of comity bellvsen tho sevcral St:rtes sontl: of ]*titude
360 30' thc l'ight r,rf transit rvith pcrso:rs hcld. to involuntrrrr labor or ser,
vice li'om onc'-State to anatl:er sliail not be obstluctccl, bLri'sueh pcrsons
shall not bc brought irito thc ,Sirrtcs north of said latiturle.
Sec" 12. The truIfic iu slavcs ivith Aflicn, is lrcrel.ry tbrevcl prohibiied on
paia of death and ihe f,:r{'eituro of all the rig}ris and propci'ty of person$
cngaged tiicrcin ; anrl thc dcscendants of Africang shall not bc citizens"
Ssc. 13. 3.llcgcd fr:gilives from labor or serricc, on re(tllcst, shrr,ll havc a
trial by ,jury lrrlil'e bcing rctirrucd.
Sec. 14. All a)leged {irgitivcs chargcd rvith crimr: carrrmittecl in viclation
rif the lnws of ri $ta,te slrail lLa,ve tlrc right of tri*l byjuly, rnd. if such
pefson clrims to bc a citizcn of ;inoihel Statc, shali have r right of appeal
ol of * rvrit ol error to thc $uprcnrc Couli of tlre Unitcd Siates,
Src. 15. All acts of any inlrabitarrt of tlrc Unitcd States tcuding to incitc
pcrs0ns hcld to scl'vicrl r:r iabor to insun'cction or acts of domr:stic violcncen
or t0 a,bscond, &l'0 lrerel"ry plohil.ritctl and declalctl to be a penal offence, and
all thc c.ourts of tlro Unitcd Lttalcs shall Lre opcn to supprcss and punisl,r
such oflirnccs ai tirc suit rif lny citizcu of ttrc Unitcci States or tlie suit of"
any 3tate.
Snc. 1S. -{.1! correpiracicB in ariy Shtc to interfere with lawful rights in
{rn.y othcr $tale ur ag*,inst thc Unitcd St*,tes shail be supprccsed; and no
Statc ur tlrc pcople tbcrctrf shail rvithdr*rv fi'om this LTnion rvithott thc consent of tlircc.frrurtlrs of a1l thc $talcs, cxprr:ssed Lry an :lrnentlnrent proposcd arid ratificrl in thc manncr proviried in articlc fivo of ttro Constitution.
Src. 1?. lVhcnrver any $t*tc whersin involnntary servittrdc is recog
nir.cd or alloweil slrall plopose to &bolieh such servitnclc, nnd shall apply{or pccunirry assistancc thcrein, thc Congrcss may in its'discrction grr.r,nt
such rclief, r:ob excccding orc hundrcd doliars, lbr cach pclson Iiberated;
bnt Congress shrll not pxopos* such abnlishrncrrt or rclicf to any $talc,
Cougrcss rnay assist frcc pclsolls o{ African tlescent to ernigratc arrcl

civilize Afi'ictSce. 18. Ilutics on imports may be imposcil for lovenue, but shall not be
excessivc or prolribitoly in anrouni.
Siic. 1*. lfhcn all of thc sereral States shall h&ve abolishecl slavery,theu
and thel'caftcl slavqry 0r'involuntrry scrvitncle, cxcept as a punishment for
climc, sirall ncvcr l-rc estal-llished or tolcratecl. in any of the Sta.tos or Turritories of tlc Unitcd Statcs, nnd they shali bc fbrever flcc.
Soc.90. ?irc provisionn of this articlc relrting to involuntal"y labor r:r
eervitudc sl-rail not t"rc altercd rvithout thc.conscni <if aii t?re States maintaining such servitude
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\\'hereas during the lristor.), of the Nation,
tlre Llrrited States
has gro\4 r i,to a sl,rnbol of clcmocr.aer. a,d freetlom
around the ivorld;
\Vhereas the lega<ry of -{fricarr-Ameri<rarrs is interu,or,.en ,lvith
the vcry fahrie of tlie democracl, antl freeclom of the

Unitcd States;
\\'lrereas rnilliorrs
enslaved

of Africans arrd tlreir

desrrerrdarrts \\,ere

in thc united statcs and thc 18 American

colo-

nies from 1619 through 1865;

\\rlrereas Africarrs ftlrced into slaver.), \\,ere bnrtalized, humili-

atccl, dehurnanizecl, and subjccted to thc indignitv of

bcing strippcd of their narxes and heritagc;
\\'hereas lrlally errslaved families were tortt apart after t'trnrill
mcmbers tvere sold seParatel"v;

\\'hereas the systern of slavcry ancl thcr visctlral racisrn agairist

people of Afrigarr dest:e1t gpoll u,hiclr it deperrded beeame
ennlcshed in the social fabric of thc United Statcs;

ratifica\\,]rereas slur,cry u,as not officiall;' abolished until the

of tlre
tiorr of the 13th amertdmeut to the Corrstitutiorr

I'Initeclstatcsinls6s,aftertlrcentloftlreCir.ilWar;
yoars of slavery' A1r i\\'hereas aftcrr cmancipation trorn 246
f'leetirrg political, social' ettld
r,an-]\mericarrs soorl sa\! tile

economicgainsthel-nraclctluringRecorrstruetionevis-

cerated b.r' rinrlertt racism, ll.rrclrings, diserrfrattsltisemettt,

Black Codes, and racial segrcgation laivs that irnposed a

rigid system of officiallv sanctionccl raciul scgrogation in
r,irtuallv all areas of Iif'e;
\\rhereas the s1.s1sm of dc jure racial segregation knoxn as
".Iim Crotrv", rvhich aroso in certain parts of thrr llnitert
States af'ter tlre Llivil War to rrreate separate arrd urrequal
socictics for \\trites and African-Amerieans, \'as a dircct

result of the racisrn against pcople of African

tltat u'as engerrderecl brr slaven,;

descent

Wrereas the s;rstcm of Jim Crorv larrs officially existed until

the 1960s-a ccntury after thc ofticiai end of'slavcry in
the firrited States-until Crlrrgress tool< actiorr to errd it,
but thc vestigcs of Jim Crou, continuc to this dar,;

[Ihcreas Airican-Aucricans eoutinucr to suffi:r from thc: eonsequen(.es of slavery arrd Jinr Cro'u' lau's-long atter both
systems wcre formalll' abolisliccl-through enormotls
damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including
the loss of ltumart digrritv arrd libertl';
\&'hereas the story of the cnslavcment and clc jurc segrcgation
of Alrican-Anericaus and the dehumauizing atrocities

committed agairrst tlrenr should trot be piirged f'rom or

minimized in the telling of tlie history of the united
Statcs;

\\'lrereas tlrose Afri<lan-r\nrerir'atts lvlro strffbred tttlder slaYery

ancl Jim Crow laws, and thcir desccndailts, exemplifr the
strclgth of thtr human character and pror,'id.c a m<ldcl of
(iourage, tttltunritmettt, altd perseverall(e;

\\liercas on July 8, 2003, cluring a trip to Goree Island, scuegal, a fbrmer slave port, PrcsideDt Gcorge \\r' Bush acklou4edged tlre ggtttittuittg legat:.V tlf slayeq' irr life irt tlre
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fl.ited states arrd tlre rreecl to .ri.fro.t that legac1., \4.lle.

he statccl tha.t slarrery "was
onc of thc greatest

of history, .
The raci:rl bigotry f.er{ b.l, s]avcn,
did rr.t e,d uith sltn,ery or with segregatio,. Lrrd *&rr;r
of thc issues that still troublc America haye roots in the
bitter erperiencc of othcr times. But }iol,ever long the
jou,re.v, our destirf is set: Iibertl' ancl justice fbr all.,,;
crimc.s

\\tercas President Bill Clinton also acknorvledged the cleepscated problems caused bv thc continuing legac,1. of rac_
ism agairrst Africarr-Arnerir:arrs tlrat Lregarr rrith slavery,,
when hc initiatccl a rrational dialogJue about racc;

for ccnturies of brutal dehumanization

and irrjnstir:es crarrnot erase tlre past, but conf'essiol of

\\rhereas an apology

the u,rongls committed ancl a formal apolog5, to Africananericans rvill hclp bind the rvounds of thc Nation that
are rooted irr slavery and carr speed racial lrealing arrd
rcconciliation and help the people of the united statcs
uutierstand thc past and honor thc history of trll people
of the {Jrrited States;
Whcrcas the legislatures of the Commonu'ealth of Virginia
and the Statcrs of Ala,bama, Florida, Ilary4and, arrd
Nortlr Carolirra ltale taketr t'lre lead irr adoptirrg resolutions officialll, expressing allpropriate remorsc for slaver,
and other Statc lcgislatures arc consiclering similar rcsolutions; arrd

it is important for the lleoplc of the tlnited States,

who lcgall5, ...u*izefl slavo{' throlgh thc Constitution

Whcrcas

arrd the lau,s of tlre fhrited States, t<l tnake a f'trrmal

apologS. for slavety aud for its successor, Jitn Crow, so
thcy can rno\re fonvard atrd seek reconciliation, justice,
and harrttotry for all people of tlre l.lnited States' Now,
therefore, he
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it

ResoLucrl

2 concu.r'rinyt),
3

by th,e Senu,te (thc Ho,use oJ' Representu,tiuer

That thc scnse of the Congrcss is the fol-

lowing:

(1) i\t,olotly l.olt rtlc

ENSI-\\'L.MITNT .\Nn

S}iGIiEGATION OI.. AFITI(,AN-AIII,ITICANS.-The Corr-

g:rcss-

(A) a<rkrrorvledges the fundarnerrtal

irrjus-

ticc, cruclty, brutality, ancl inhumanity of slar.

ery anrl Jim (lrol. laws;

10

(B) apologizes to -,\fri(ralr-Amerirraus orr be-

1l

half of the people of the llniterl States, for tlie

L2

wrongs couunitted against thom and their an-

13

cestors u,lro suff'ered nrrder slaverrr- and Jim

t4

Crow lalrs; ancl

15

((l)

16

princriple

that all people ttre trt'eatcd eclual arrd

t7

enclorvecl

u'ith inalicnable rig'lits to life, iibcrtr',

18

tunrl

19

pe<lple

20

elirniriatirtg lacial plcjuclices, injusticcs, ancl dis-

2l

crimination from our socictY.

22

(2) Dtst'1,,\Il{ER.-Not.lrilrg irr t}ris restllutiotr-

23

(A) authorizcs or supports allY claim

24

cxpresscs

its

reeomnritmetrt

thcr

the pursuit of htrppincss, and calls on all

of the tlnited Statcs to u'ork torvard

against the LTnited Statcs; or

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to

(B)

sela/es

as a settletnettt of an.v trlaini

against the Unitcd States.

Passcd the Sonatc June 18, 2009.

Attest:

Secretary.

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r\pologizing fbr the enslaveructrt and racial
segrrgatiorr of Afi'icarr-Aruericans.