IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 826 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the hanging of 
nooses is a horrible act when used for the purpose of intimidation 
and which under certain circumstances can be a criminal act that should 
be thoroughly investigated by Federal law enforcement authorities and 
that any criminal violations should be vigorously prosecuted. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. POE, 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. WATERS, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. WATSON, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. EDWARDS, 
Mr. NADLER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
YARMUTH, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mr. BACA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WATT, 
Ms. CLARKE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
MCCRERY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. SHAYS) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when used for 
the purpose of intimidation and which under certain 
circumstances can be a criminal act that should be thor-
oughly investigated by Federal law enforcement authori-
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ties and that any criminal violations should be vigorously 
prosecuted. 
Whereas in the past two months, nooses have been found in 
a North Carolina high school, a Home Depot in New Jer-
sey, a Louisiana school playground, the campus of the 
University of Maryland, a Columbia University profes-
sor’s office door and a factory in Houston, Texas; 
Whereas the Southern Poverty Law Center has recorded be-
tween 40 and 50 suspected hate crimes involving nooses 
since September; 
Whereas since 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission has filed more than 30 lawsuits that involve 
the displaying of nooses in places of employment; 
Whereas nooses are reviled by many Americans as racist sym-
bols of lynchings that were once all too common; 
Whereas according to Tuskegee Institute, more than 4,700 
people were lynched between 1882 and 1959 in a cam-
paign of terror led by the Ku Klux Klan; 
Whereas the number of dead lynching victims in the United 
States exceeds the amount of people killed in the horrible 
attack on Pearl Harbor (2,333 dead) and Hurricane 
Katrina (1,836 dead) combined; and 
Whereas African-Americans, as well as Italians, Jews, and 
Mexicans, have comprised the vast majority of lynching 
victims and only when we erase the terrible symbols of 
the past can we finally begin to move forward: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
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(1) the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when 
used for the purpose of intimidation and which 
under certain circumstances can be criminal; 
(2) this conduct should be investigated thor-
oughly by Federal authorities; and 
(3) any criminal violations should be vigorously 
prosecuted. 
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