User:Hemlock Martinis/Apology

In the United States, official apologies can originate from multiple sources: President, Cabinet members and Congress.

Official apologies

 * Japanese American internment (1988): [Too Little, Too Late http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/22/opinion/topics-of-the-times-too-little-too-late.html]
 * Uranium miners and those affected by nuclear tests (1990):
 * Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1993): Apology Resolution
 * Tuskegee syphilis experiments (1997): Clinton apologized in a ceremony
 * Lynching in the United States (2005): First apology to African-Americans for any reason by Congress.
 * Slavery in the United States (2009): Joint resolution a day before Juneteenth
 * [1997 debate http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/22/opinion/better-never-than-late.html]
 * [Reparations call, 2002 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/us/slavery-reparations-advocates-voice-demands-in-washington.html]
 * Native Americans in the United States (2010):
 * [Long Trail to Apology, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/28/opinion/the-long-trail-to-apology.html]
 * Guatemala syphilis experiments (2010): By SecState and SecHHS

Indeterminate status

 * [Wrongly convicted African-American soldiers, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/30lawton.html]
 * Richard Jewell and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing (1997):

Proposed official apologies

 * [Athletes who missed the 1980 Olympics due to boycott http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E3D81538F933A05751C1A9619C8B63]

Effects

 * [Too Busy Apologizing to be Sorry, 1997 http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/weekinreview/too-busy-apologizing-to-be-sorry.html]