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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Racial violence</title>
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  <updated>2007-06-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/7550</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.476 Condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination against Iranian-Americans.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr476/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-11:/action/117868</id>
    <updated>2007-06-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination against Iranian-Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2030 1901 Missouri African American Expulsion Commission Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2030/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-25:/action/109772</id>
    <updated>2007-04-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a commission to investigate the expulsion of African-American residents of the Missouri cities of Aurora, Monett, Newburg, Pierce City, Cassville, and Webb City from their homes that occurred between August 1894 and August 1901, and make recommendations regarding the feasibility and appropriateness of providing reparations to such residents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1995 Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1995/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-23:/action/109358</id>
    <updated>2007-04-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide a mechanism for a determination on the merits of the claims brought by survivors and descendants of the victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot of 1921 but who were denied that determination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.194 Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr194/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-27:/action/94395</id>
    <updated>2007-02-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1039 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation and other sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1039/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/93344</id>
    <updated>2007-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation and other sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.57 Recognizing the contributions of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in educating the people of the United States about the African-American migration experience, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc57/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-06:/action/92728</id>
    <updated>2007-02-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Recognizing the contributions of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in educating the people of the United States about the African-American migration experience, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.254 David's Law</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h254/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-05:/action/91156</id>
    <updated>2007-01-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6060 Department of State Authorities Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6060/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-22:/action/87312</id>
    <updated>2006-12-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize certain activities by the Department of State, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 22, 2006: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6060 Department of State Authorities Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6060/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-09:/action/87310</id>
    <updated>2006-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize certain activities by the Department of State, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 09, 2006: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6060 Department of State Authorities Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h6060/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-09-13:/action/36349</id>
    <updated>2006-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize certain activities by the Department of State, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.352 Recognizing the contributions of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in educating the people of the United States about the African-American migration experience, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-hc352/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-07:/action/53302</id>
    <updated>2006-03-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Recognizing the contributions of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in educating the people of the United States about the African-American migration experience, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.367 Condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination against Iranian-Americans.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-hr367/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-07-19:/action/64013</id>
    <updated>2005-07-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination against Iranian-Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1977 1901 Missouri African American Expulsion Commission Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h1977/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-04-28:/action/69973</id>
    <updated>2005-04-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a commission to investigate the expulsion of African-American residents of the Missouri cities of Aurora, Monett, Newburg, Pierce City, Cassville, and Webb City from their homes that occurred between August 1894 and August 1901, and make recommendations regarding the feasibility and appropriateness of providing reparations to such residents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.77 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-hc77/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-02-17:/action/76207</id>
    <updated>2005-02-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.44 A resolution celebrating Black History Month.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-sr44/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-02-08:/action/80091</id>
    <updated>2005-02-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution celebrating Black History Month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.39 Lynching Victims Senate Apology resolution</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-sr39/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-02-07:/action/69497</id>
    <updated>2005-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.3 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-sc3/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-01-24:/action/81102</id>
    <updated>2005-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.46 A bill to authorize the extension of unconditional and permanent nondiscriminatory treatment (permanent normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s46/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-01-24:/action/81106</id>
    <updated>2005-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize the extension of unconditional and permanent nondiscriminatory treatment (permanent normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.259 Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h259/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-01-06:/action/78310</id>
    <updated>2005-01-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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