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Senate prepares to apologize on lynchings

Nearly 5,000 killed in decades of failure to enact federal law
By Avis Thomas-Lester, Washington Post | June 13, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Anna Holmes remembers hearing about the bridge when she was a little girl.

It stood somewhere near the spot where the Collington and Western branches of the Patuxent River met in Upper Marlboro, Md., less than a quarter-mile from the Marlboro jail.

''I used to hear them talking about the lynchings," said Holmes, 79, who grew up in central Prince George's County.

It was on the bridge that a black man named Stephen Williams, accused of manhandling a white woman, was beaten and hanged about 3 in the morning on Oct. 20, 1894. A masked mob snatched him from his jail cell and dragged him as he pleaded for his life.

''When the Marlboro bridge was reached, the rope was quickly tied to the railing, and amid piteous groans Williams was hurled into eternity," The Washington Post reported.

At the time, there was no federal law against lynching, and most states refused to prosecute white men for killing black people. The US House of Representatives, responding to pleas from presidents and civil rights groups, three times agreed to make the crime a federal offense. Each time, though, the measure died in the Senate at the hands of powerful Southern lawmakers using the filibuster.

The Senate is set to correct that wrong today, when its members will vote on a resolution to apologize for the failure to enact an antilynching law first proposed more than a century ago.

''The apology is long overdue," said Senator George Allen, Republican of Virginia, who is sponsoring the resolution with Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana. ''Our history does include times when we failed to protect individual freedom and rights."

The Senate's action is occurring amid a series of conciliatory efforts nationwide that include the reopening of investigations and prosecutions in Mississippi. Advocates say the vote would mark the first time Congress has apologized for the nation's treatment of African-Americans.

Allen's involvement could help mend his rift with black Virginians who criticized him for hanging a noose outside his law office, displaying a Confederate flag in his home, and proclaiming a Confederate History Month while governor.

Landrieu said she was motivated to propose the bill after seeing the book ''Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America," a collection of postcards taken at lynching scenes.

''The intensity and impact of the pictures tell a story . . . that written words failed to convey," Landrieu said. ''It has been an extremely emotional, educational experience for me. And the more I learned, the more sure I became [about] the effort to pass this resolution."

Reminders of history Towns across America bear reminders of the shameful tradition that claimed 4,743 lives between 1882 and 1968, research shows. In Alexandria, Va., a lamppost at Cameron and Lee streets served to lynch Joseph McCoy on April 23, 1897. In Annapolis, Md., a bluff near College Creek was the site of Henry Davis's lynching four days before Christmas in 1906.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/13/senate_prepares_to_apologize_on_lynchings/
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"tout nèg a nèg

ki nèg nwè ki nèg klè
ki nèg klè ki nèg nwè
tout nèg a nèg

nèg klè pè nèg nwè
nèg nwè pa lè wè nèg klè
nèg nwè ké wéy klè
senti i sa roune nèg klè
mè nèg klè ké wéy klè a toujou nèg

sa ki fèt pou nèg vin' blang?
blang té gen chivé pli long?
pou senblé yé nou trapé chivé plat kon fil mang!!!
mandé to fanm...!
mè pou kisa blang lé vin' nwè?
ha... savé ki avan vin' blan yé té ja nèg!

a nou mèm ké nou mèm dépi nânni nânnan...
chinwa soti, kouli soti, indyen soti, blang soti
mèm koté nèg soti

avan yé sotil koté y fika
AFRIKA!!!"

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