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Free At Last? The Senate Apologizes for Slavery
150 years after the Civil War, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to apologize for the nation’s history of slavery. For his thoughts on who this resolution really helps, The Takeaway turns to David Wall Rice, professor of psychology at Morehouse College.
150 years after the Civil War, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to apologize for the nation’s ignominious history of slavery. The resolution passed unanimously. But who does the resolution really help: African Americans?or senators? For his thoughts on this late apology, we turn to a friend of The Takeaway, David Wall Rice, an assistant professor of psychology at Morehouse College.