See Original Res. HR# 356 |See HR# 96 |See HR# 194

Had it been revealed to the American people and onlooking world citizens, the below document could very well have prevented the last 15 years of unnecessary, racial unrest and upheaval.

Furthermore, while not a “cure all – to end all” element, its application would have dramatically altered for the better the mindsets and attitudes of every United States citizen, both white and black throughout our beloved country.

This attitude change instills the hope and faith to receive the HEALING that makes the much desired RECONCILIATION pleaded for in its content, the manifested reality.

Even more wonderfulness is that, such a spirit of positive possibilities will empower the national quest to civilly, objectively, sensitively and practical implement the proper options by way which white citizens would be able to finally exploit their wonderful privileges of the American Dream to the matters of black lives.

Also, it is the beginning of fully reconciling – repairing – “reparations” with the federal black citizens, whose chattel enslaved ancestors’ backs were used and abused as the foundation upon which this “melting pot” nation of immigrants, including its laws, and correct platitudes of moral, human civility…is built.

As a fundamentally foundational matter of black lives as well as all other lives in and of this great, Republican Form of Government “New Nation”, along with the revelation of the 1866-68 Civil Rights 14th Amendment Act of their federal, super citizenship status, HR# 194 is perhaps, the very first of such matters that We the People faithfully, fully and hopefully address into reality.

When we even just begin to earnestly apply this element, GOD, The Central Figure of the Declaration of Independence, being the Judges of all the world, will bless us immensely as it is in fully inline and on line with HIS commands to through Jesus Christ.

The Judaic-Christian Procedures of Salvation (See “The Divinely Ordered Authority of Forgiveness”)

Level I: Seek Forgiveness and Reconciliation

1. STOP COMMUNICATIONS WITH GOD
2. OFFENDER’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Wrong/OFFENSE;
3. CONFESSING IT and Its damages To the OFFENDED;
4. PLEAD FORGIVENESS FROM The OFFENDED;
5. SEEK RECONCILIATION WITH The OFFENDED…UNTIL ITS COMPLETED FORGIVING.

Level II: Forgive The Repentant Offender

1. STOP COMMUNICATING WITH GOD
2. ACKNOWLEDGE of REPENTANCE of The REPENTANT OFFENDER
3. FORGIVE REPENTANT OFFENDER
4. WORK ON RECONCILIATION TO COMPLETION
5. RETURN TO COMMUNICATING WITH GOD and NOW BE HEEDED BY HIM

Level III: Purge Offensive Mater From Heart

1. STOP COMMUNICATING WITH GOD
2. ACKNOWLEDGE SECRET OFFENSIVE KNOWN ONLY TO GOD ANTAGONISM TOWARDS BROTHER
3. REPENT – APOLOGIZE TO GOD FOR The OFFENSE
4. PURGE/REMOVE The OFFENSIVE MATTER FROM HEART
5. RETURN TO COMMUNICATIONS WITH GOD and BE HEEDED BY HIM

LEVEL IV: Forgive While Being Offended

1. IN The MIDST of OFFENSE, OFFENDER SEEKS of GOD FORGIVENESS For The OFFENDER

This must be done immediately, even before implementing federal programs of assistance, etc., lest it be in continual vain.

US House of Representatives
Authored by The Hon. US Congressman, Steve Cohen, Democrat- Kentucky

Resolution Apologizing For Slavery and Segregation
The full text of the slavery measure, House Resolution 194, is as follows:

1. Whereas millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the United States and the 13 American colonies from 1619 through 1865;
2. Whereas slavery in America resembled no other form of involuntary servitude known in history, as Africans were captured and sold at auction like inanimate objects or animals;
3. Whereas Africans forced into slavery were brutalized, humiliated, dehumanized, and subjected to the indignity of being stripped of their names and heritage;
4. Whereas enslaved families were torn apart after having been sold separately from one another;
5. Whereas the system of slavery and the visceral racism against persons of African descent upon which it depended became entrenched in the Nation’s social fabric;
6. Whereas slavery was not officially abolished until the passage of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865 after the end of the Civil War, which was fought over the slavery issue;
7. Whereas after emancipation from 246 years of slavery, African-Americans soon saw the fleeting political, social, and economic gains they made during Reconstruction eviscerated by virulent racism, lynchings, disenfranchisement, Black Codes, and racial segregation laws that imposed a rigid system of officially sanctioned racial segregation in virtually all areas of life;
8. Whereas the system of de jure racial segregation known as `Jim Crow,’ which arose in certain parts of the Nation following the Civil War to create separate and unequal societies for whites and African-Americans, was a direct result of the racism against persons of African descent engendered by slavery;
9. Whereas the system of Jim Crow laws officially existed into the 1960’s–a century after the official end of slavery in America–until Congress took action to end it, but the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day;
10. Whereas African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow–long after both systems were formally abolished—through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity;
11. Whereas the story of the enslavement and de jure segregation of African-Americans and the dehumanizing atrocities committed against them should not be purged from or minimized in the telling of American history;
12. Whereas on July 8, 2003, during a trip to Goree Island, Senegal, a former slave port, President George W. Bush acknowledged slavery’s continuing legacy in American life and the need to confront that legacy when he stated that slavery `was . . . one of the greatest crimes of history . . .

…The racial bigotry fed by slavery did not end with slavery or with segregation.  And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times.  But however long the journey, our destiny is set: liberty and justice for all;

15. Whereas President Bill Clinton also acknowledged the deep-seated problems caused by the continuing legacy of racism against African-Americans that began with slavery when he initiated a national dialogue about race;
16. Whereas a genuine apology is an important and necessary first step in the process of racial reconciliation;
17. Whereas an apology for centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices cannot erase the past, but confession of the wrongs committed can speed racial healing and reconciliation and help Americans confront the ghosts of their past;
18. Whereas the legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia has recently taken the lead in adopting a resolution officially expressing appropriate remorse for slavery and other State legislatures are considering similar resolutions; and
19. Whereas it is important for this country, which legally recognized slavery through its Constitution and its laws, to make a formal apology for slavery and for its successor, Jim Crow, so that it can move forward and seek reconciliation, justice, and harmony for all of its citizens: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives–

(1) acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow

(2) apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow; and

(3) expresses its commitment to rectify the lingering consequences of the misdeeds committed against African-Americans under slavery and Jim Crow and to stop the occurrence of human rights violations in the future.