Ohio ResolutionRepository To view Legislation, click on a state on the map. “Resolutions are good, but unless we have an actual change, those words won’t mean anything.” Greg Jones NAACP President, Louisa General Recognition of Racism 2022 – Kansas City, Missouri –Apologies and Make Amends for Enslavement History in City of Kansas City2020 – Fluvanna County – Resolution and Statement following the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks2020 – Middleburg City Council – Reassess Recognition Procedures After Racial Inequality Claim – News Article2020 – Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia- Resolution of Sin of Racism2019 – Virginia House – HJ 655 Lynching; acknowledging with profound regret the existence and acceptance within the Commonwealth.2019 – Virginia Senate – SJ 297 Lynching; acknowledging with profound regret the existence and acceptance within the Commonwealth.2007 – Virginia House – HJ 728 Atoning for the involuntary servitude of Africans and calling for reconciliation among all Virginians. Equity 2020 – Shenandoah County Board – Resolution to let the community know they will continue to support African-Americans in the community.– News Article2020 – The Diocese of Virginia Committee on Race and Reconciliation2019 – Arlington County Board – Resolves to Achieve Equity in Policies, Budgetary Decisions — The Resolution Public Health 2020 – VA HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 570 – Recognizing that racism is a public health crisis in Virginia. — News (Referred to Committee on Rules) Higher Education 2020 – Virginia Commonwealth University – Anti-racism Statement of the VCU Faculty Senate2020 – University of Mary Washington – Resolution on George Floyd and Systemic Racism2020 – University of Virginia – Racial Equity Task Force: Final Report2020 – University of Virginia – UVA Board of Visitors endorses changes to promote racial equity in the university community2020 – University of Virginia – UVA Board of Visitors votes on 5 renaming landscape recommendations — News Article2020 – University of Virginia – UVA Board of Visitors votes to contextualize Thomas Jefferson statue, remove George Rogers Clark statue — News Article2020 – Washington and Lee University – Resolution: Solidarity and Anti-Racism Statements2020 – Virginia Tech – Commission for Equity, Opportunity, and Diversity issues statement of support for Juneteenth2018 – College of WIlliam and Mary – Apologizes for History of Slave Labor, Racism — News Article Education 2020 – Virginia African American History Education Commission – Virginia Pilots Elective on African American History2020 – Virginia School Boards Association – Error Webpage2020 – Waynesboro School Board – Resolution condemning racism — News Article2020 – Culpeper School Board – Resolution condemns racism and calls for conversation – News Article2020 – Criminal Justice Reform 2020 – Alexandria City Council – Condemns Systemic Racism, Establishes Community Police Review Board Housing 2020 – Alexandria City Council – Resolution – Condemns Systemic Racism, Establishes Community Police Review Board2015 – Old Dominion University – Resource – Residential Segregation in Norfolk, Virginia: How the Federal Government Reinforced Racial Division in a Southern City, 1914-1959 MISC Virginia governor seeks $1M to probe racism claims at VMI — News Article Public Health 2020 – Frankliin County – State of Virginia – Franklin County Commissioners Declaration of Racism as a PublicHealth Crisis. 2020 – Columbus – RESOLUTION DECLARING RACISM A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN COLUMBUS 2020 – Cleveland – AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Declaring racism a public health crisis and establishing a working group to promote racial equity in the City of Cleveland. General Resources The Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law — The Report — News ArticleEncyclopedia Virginia – Library of Virginia – African Americans and Politics in Virginia (1865–1902)Encyclopedia Virginia – Library of Virginia – Racial Integrity Laws (1924–1930)2019 – Dr. Gianluca De Fazio, James Madison University – “Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia, 1877 to 1927” – News ArticleLoudoun County – Timeline of Important Events in African American History in Loudoun County, Virginia2019 – Loudoun County – The History of the Loudoun County Courthouse and Its Role in the Path to Freedom, Justice, and Racial Equality in Loudoun County2019 – Carry Me Back: Virginia’s historical reluctance to reject racism2003 – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of History – We the “White” People: Race, Culture, and the Virginia Constitution of 19022002 – The Campaign for Racial Purity and the Erosion of Paternalism in Virginia, 1922-1930: “Nominally White, Biologically Mixed, and Legally Negro”