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Committee hears resolution asking Maryland to apologize for racial terror lynchings

House of Delegates Rules and Executive Nominations Committee · March 17, 2026

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Delegate White Holland introduced HJ 8, a resolution calling for the state to apologize and acknowledge complicity in racial terror lynchings; witnesses from the commission and civil‑rights advocates urged the committee to refer the resolution favorably and cited the commission—inding of 38 victims and 84 policy recommendations.

Delegate Jennifer White Holland presented House Joint Resolution 8, asking the General Assembly to apologize for and acknowledge the state's responsibility in racial terror lynchings and to pursue reparative recommendations from the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

"The Commission documented 38 victims of…

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