Remember When the Senate Issued an Apology for Failure on Lynching Law?

There have been 4,742 recorded lynchings in American history half or more were African Americans, Historians suspect that many more went undocumented. Although the House passed anti-lynching legislation three times in the first half of the 20th century, the Senate, controlled by Southern conservatives, repeatedly refused to do so.
Of the 100 senators, 80 were co-sponsors of the resolution, and because it passed by voice vote, senators escaped putting themselves on record. 20 of the 100 senators had not signed a statement of support of it shortly before a vote was taken on a nearly empty Senate floor.
Here are the 20 Senators who refused to co-sponsor the anti-lynching resolution that passed, and refused a roll-call vote so they'd have to put their name on the resolution.

A Wall of Shame: 19 Republicans and 1 Democrat

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Sununu (R-NH)
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
George Voinovich (R-OH)

Murvin R. Auzenne said it best in his letter to Cornyn.

Senator Cornyn:

The historic resolution apologizing for the historic evil of lynching passed without your signature or apparent support. Why?

I am angry, I am embarrassed. This was not a hard call. This was not a controversial or ideological issue. It was a gesture of simple justice, a gesture of healing for a litany of wrongs of which lynching was simply the most blatant and obviously evil.

You sir, have shown yourself in this matter to be either without ethical compass or crassly in love with power. So much so, that you won't support a simple gesture of justice for fear of losing votes.

You should ashamed