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Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

S. Con. Res. 50 · 116th Congress · Dec 3, 2020 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That Congress—
(1)
affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship to the United States, that the Nation owes a long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated in this resolution, but also to their descendants; and
(2)
urges the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress toward—
(A)
jettisoning the belief in a hierarchy of human value;
(B)
embracing our common humanity; and
(C)
permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities.