2006: USA legislature passes a bill to posthumously pardon civil rights icons

 The Alabama state legislature passes a bill to posthumously pardon civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as hundreds of others arrested for violating racial segregation laws.

To: 
African Americans-General Public
From: 
USA
Year of Apology: 
2016
Footnote: 
“Alabama nears pardon for Parks, King.” Montreal Gazette. 4/19/06. pA19.