Jewish Rep. Sponsors House Resolution Apologizing for Slavery, Jim Crow

By | Jul 30, 2008
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Just when you thought we were finished with Jewish/African-American issues…

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to pass a resolution issuing a formal apology to African-Americans for slavery and Jim Crow segregation, and the sponsor of the bill? None other than the Jewish Democratic congressman from a mostly black constituency in Memphis, Steve Cohen.

There’s no need to go too far into this, so let’s just interactively pat Rep. Cohen on the back.

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Benjamin Schuman-Stoler


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One thought on “Jewish Rep. Sponsors House Resolution Apologizing for Slavery, Jim Crow

  1. timothy allen brown says:

    yet he denies the armenian genocide, saying one his “biggest accomplishments” was unraveling a “resolution to condemn turkey for the armenian genocide almost a century ago.”. classy guy.

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