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A resolution condemning the atrocities that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1906, in which White supremacist mobs brutalized, terrorized, and killed dozens of Black Americans, and reaffirming the commitment of the Senate to combating hatred, injustice, and White supremacy.

Introduced: September 21, 2022 Introduced by: Ossoff, Jon Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution condemns the actions of a White supremacist mob that drove Black residents out of Atlanta, Georgia in 1906 and supports the designation of a national day of remembrance for the victims of forced migrations of Black Americans.

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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