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To: Office of Management Budget From:

725 17t" Street, NW

Washington, DC 20503

Denise Jackson

Fax: (202) 395-3888 Pages: 6

Phone: (773) 531-3304 Date: September 29, 2014

Re: SF Form 181 and H. Res. 194 CC:

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u.s. office of Personne~ Management.: ETHNICITY AND RACE IDENTIFICATIONGuide to Personnel Data Standards (Please read the Privacy Act Statement and instructions before completing form.)

Name (Last, First, Middle Initial) Social Security Number Birthdate (Month and Year)

Jackson, Denise L. ~. 0311974

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Standard Form 181Revised August 2005Previous editions not usable

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

NSN 7540-01-099-3446

U.S. GOVERNMENTINFONMATION

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A~~olo~izing foi° i.he ensla.vei~lerii~ and i°a.cia.l sego°ega.t.ion of A i°icon-1lmerica.ils.

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Mr. Co~z~aN (for himself, :VIr. Joxtvs0~~ of Cxeorgia., l~'I5, J1~cl~soty-L~~ of

Texas, l~'Ir. I~R~Z' of Pe~~insylvai~ia, M~°. Wr~~rR, NIS. K~I~P~'r~ICx, iVls.VVooi,sri, NIA°. P~~r~ovL, ~2~. LEr, M~°. 117cGo«~.rr, NIs. Scr~~l~owsz~,

Mrs. l~'I~~ONI~~ of Nc«~ Yoi°k, NIr. CoNZ1~~s, l~~Ir. MoI,~N of Vii°g-iriia,, 1~2r.

C~Zi~NO, M~°. R~NGri~, Mr. P~~i~ria,, NIr. JLrrLZ~soN, M~°. I~~r~zisoN, .12~°.

AI. GR~E~N Off' Tex~S, Mr. I3UTTER~PIELD, NIS. V~~ATS<)N, 1~2r. HINCHEY,

_. 1VI1~. Cr~F~~rr~t, 1~Is. C~rsoN, M~°. Isl~~z~, 1~~7z°. Acz~:Rmta~, ~Zr. DA«s ofAlabama, Mr. L~~~~~s of Georgia, Mr. 1~Br~c~,on~r~T~, 1VIi°, ~L~,~, NIi°.I~~T~Trz~Y, .12s. I~~u~v~~~zt~T, i~-lr. IIovLS, 1~I~°. I+~z1~Nrr~, l~~Ir. IIo~TD~, andNIr. Ki?CINICI3) submitted the follo~n~ing resolution; which was referred tothe Con~ul~iittc~e nn the Judicia.ry

RESOLUTIONApologizing for the enslavement aild racial seg2 eg~ation of

African.-Americans.

Whereas millions of Africans a,l1d their descendants wei°e

el~slaved in the United Sta-tes and the 13 Ainel•iean colo-

i1i~s from 1619 through 1865;

Whereas slavery in America resembled no other foi m of invol-

untaiy sei~~itucle known in history, as Africans were ea~-

tured and sold at auction like inanimate objects or ani-

inals;

Whereas Africans forced into slaver°y were brutalized, humili-

ated, dehunla~lized, aild subjected to the indignity of

la~ilzg stri~~~~d of their i7anle~ and heritage;

~~hereas enslaved families v~~ere torn apart after h~vin~ been

sold separately from one anothei ;

Whereas the system of slavei~T ana the ~~isceral racism ~.gainst

persons of Afi°ican descent upon vahich it depended be-

came entrenched in the Nation's social fabric;

~~hereas slavery ̀ vas not officially aUolished until the ~assag~

of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitu-

tion in 1865 after the end of the Ci~~il War, vc~hich w~,s

fought over the slavery issue;

~~hereas after emancipation from 246 years of slavery, Af~i-

can-Americans soon saw the fl~~ting political, social, alld

economic gains they made during Reconstruction e~ris-

cel ated by viiulent i acism, lynchings, disei7franchiseinent,

Black Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a

i igid syst~ill of officially sanctioned i aeial segregation in

virtually all areas of life;

Whereas the system of de jure i°acial segregation knov~~1 as

"Jim Ci o«~," which ai os~ in cei twin parts of the Nation

following the Ci~ril VVai to create separate aild unequal

societies for «~hites a,nd African-.Americans, eras a, dii ect

i esult of the racism ag•aii~st persons of African descent

engendered by slavery;

Whereas the system of Jim Cro«~ l~,~vs officially existed i~1to

the 19 60's—a centui y after the official end of slavery in

America—until Conger ess took action to end it, but the

vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this da-y;

~Vh~reas African-Americans continue to suffer from the con-

sequeilces of slavery and Jim Crow—long after both sys-

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terns v~~ere foi mally abolished=through enormous damage

and less, both tangible allcl izta.ng~ble, includi~lg~ the loss

of 11um~tin dignity and libel ty, the frusti anon of cal eers

a,nd ~~rofessiona.l lives, anc~ the long-term loss of. income

and ol~partunity;

~~Vhereas the stoi y of the ensla~~einent and de jury s~g1 eg~ation

of African-Americans and the dehumanizing atrocities

committed against them should not be pui•g~ed from or

minimized in the telling• of Ailleriean history;

Whereas on Ju1S~ 8, 2003, curing a, ti ip to C~oree Island, Sen-

eg~al, a formei° slave port, Pl~esiclent George ~~V. Push ac-

kno«~leclgea sla~~ery's continuing• l~g~acy in American life

a,nd the need to confi°ont that legacy when. he stated tha,~

slavei~,y "was .one of the greatest crimes of history

. .The racial bigotry fed by slaveiy aid not end with

slavery or with segregation. And many of the issues that

still trouble America have roots in the bitter e~erience

of oth~i tinges. But ho~v~ver long the journey, our destiny

is set: liberty and justice fol~ all.";

'V~Thereas President Bill Chilton also aekno«pledged t11e deep-

seated probleials caused l.~y the continui~lg legacy of rac-

ism against African.-Americans that be~a,n «pith slavery

when he initiated a natioila-1 dialogue about race;

~~hereas a genuine apology is an important ancZ necessary

first step in the pi ocess of racial reconciliation;

Whereas an apology for centuries of brutal dehumanization

and injustices cannot erase the past, but confession of

the ~vron~s committed ca,n speed racial hea,lin~ a.nd rec-

oilcilia,tion and help Americans confront the ghosts of

their past;

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«rhereas the le~isla.tui°e of the Con7n7on«~ealtl~ of Virg;iilia, ha,s

recently ta1~~11 the lead iii adopting a resolution officially

expressing appi opriate remorse for sla~~e 3~ and other

State legislatures are considering similar i esolutiolls; and

Whereas 'it is iiizpoi tant for this counti y, «~hic11 legally recog-

izized slavery throug~ll its Constitution and its laws, to

make a formal apolo~~ foi° slaveiy and for its suecesso~°,

Jim Cro«~, so that it can move for~~~ard and seek ree-

onciliation, justice, and harmony fol all of its citizens:

No«~, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the Horse of Reel°esentati~~es-

2 (1) acknowledges the fundamental injustice,

3 crL~elty, brutality, and inllunlanity of. slaver~~ al1d.

4 Jim Cr~o~~ ;

5 (2) apologizes to African-Americans on behalf

6 of the people of the United States, foi the «noi~~s

7 conlnlitted agai~lst t11en1 ~~1d their aizcestors wla~

8 suffered undei slavery and Jim (~ro~~ ; and

9 (3) e~aresses its commitment to rectif3~ the lin-

10 Bering• colzsequences of the misdeeds coi71i11itted

11 against African=one ieails uilcler slavery at7d Jiln

12 Cro«~ and to sto~~ t11e occui rence of human rights

13 violations in the future.

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