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Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-27
Introduced
15
Cosponsors
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Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democrat · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.7% (651 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-02-27

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Plain-English Summary

This resolution recognizes, and expresses support for preserving and investing in, freedmen's settlements. Freedmen's settlements generally were established before and after emancipation by free and formerly enslaved African Americans to create self-sustaining communities away from racial violence and economic discrimination.

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Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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