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Senator Brownback Reads Apology to Native Americans at Faith and Politics Event
With the leaders of five tribes in attendance, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas read a congressional resolution Wednesday apologizing for "ill-conceived policies" and acts of violence against American Indians by the U.S. government.
Brownback spoke during an event at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., where he and Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, Lois Capps of California and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii joined representatives from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and Pawnee nations, Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith.
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PILGRIMAGE BLOG
2010 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage
The 2010 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage takes place March 5-7,2010. This year marks the 45th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the most pivotal events of the civil rights movement. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) serves once again as the Pilgrimage Chairman and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) will serve as honorary co-leaders and Honorary Co-Hosts Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL).
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The Faith and Politics Institute Honors Civil Rights Leader with Historic Photograph

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth participated in an annual commemoration of the Voting Rights March in Selma, Alabama. He was not the only dignitary in attendance; among other civil rights legends, members of Congress, and prominent religious leaders were then-Senator Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton. Upon meeting Shuttlesworth, the future President Obama grasped the handles of the Birmingham legend's wheelchair and personally escorted him to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. There, Clinton crouched down to speak with the leader. The moment, though fleeting, was a striking image of past, present, and future in national leadership and racial reconciliation.
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