On Righting a Wrong
In 2005 the senate is finally apoligizing for not passing anti-lynching laws but there are still senators not signing on to the proposal:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Chuck Grassley (R-ID)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Kay Hutchison (R-TX
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Sununu (R-NH)
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
From Billie Holiday's 1938 song "Strange Fruit"
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