U. of Alabama Apologizes for Slavery

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U. of Alabama Apologizes for Slavery

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The University of Alabama apologized Tuesday to the descendants of slaves who were owned by faculty members or who worked on campus in the years before the Civil War.

The apology - approved overwhelmingly by the Faculty Senate - was the first at the university and possibly the first of its kind in the nation, officials said.

It was also the second move by the school in recent days to acknowledge the university's historical ties to slavery.

Last Thursday, university officials announced the school will erect a marker near the graves of two slaves on the campus and place others on buildings where slaves once worked and lived.

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http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/other/1110/4-20-2004/20040420173008_18.html

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1. That's what I like about the South.

We know something about sin. And redemption.
Sometimes I think that the rest of the country dumps the sin of racial slavery on the south just so they can act like they are without a trace of racism. You can't fight it until you face it.