Has the USA ever apologized to African-Americans for slavery?

As such, few people were more deserving of a formal apology than the millions of black Americans whose ancestors were forcibly brought to this country and had their freedoms stolen from them. The formal apology for slavery and Jim Crow issued by the U.S. read more

Why should they. It was AFRICANS that captured their fellow Africans and sold them as slaves. read more

The formal apology for slavery and Jim Crow issued by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 was unprecedented, even after decades of lawmakers trying to push the government to finally apologize, NPR reported at the time. read more

The United States Congress apologized to African-Americans for slavery in 2009, though it came with a caveat that the mea culpa could not be used as legal rationale for reparations. read more