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| https://algreen.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-al-green-senator-elizabeth-warren-reintroduce-slavery-remembrance | Congressman Al Green, Senator Elizabeth Warren Reintroduce Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution | 2021-11-17 | 2021 | 2021-11 | Democrat | House | TX | Al Green | G000553 | algreen.house.gov | algreen | https://algreen.house.gov/media/press-releases | scraper | (Houston, TX) – On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the joint resolution to designate August 20th as Slavery Remembrance Day. They released the following statement: “I am privileged and proud to cosponsor this resolution with the Honorable Senator Elizabeth Warren. She has a rich history of standing up for those who are not in a position to stand up for themselves. I look forward to working with her and passing this historic legislation,” Congressman Al Green said. “The legacy of slavery, our nation’s seminal sin, continues casting its shadow across our nation today. It fuels invidious discrimination even in the most unsuspecting of places and perpetuates attempts at sanitizing oppressive history in our classrooms,” Congressman Al Green stated. “Currently, we have remembrance days for the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11. Enshrining such events not only in our collective memories, but also among our official, collective observances, serves to remind us of atrocities that have occurred and must never be repeated. As an immoral institution, slavery is no exception.” Congressman Al Green continued, “This resolution proposes August 20th be designated as Slavery Remembrance Day because on that day in 1619, the first slave ship arrived on the shores of the English-speaking American colonies. This annual reminder is necessary because it teaches persons to denounce oppression while simultaneously exemplifying why it should be denounced. However, efforts to teach about the suffering of enslaved persons are being fought by states like Texas with its recent bill to curb how race and the history of racism are taught in schools. The Texas bill is dangerous because it limits teaching by excluding any mention of historic individuals who challenged the discriminatory status quo, such as Harriett Tubman (Araminta Ross) and John Brown. We must remember the history of slavery to avoid repeating the horrors of slavery.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T20:30:49Z |