PRINTER'S NO. 1184
No. 78 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, CARN, JOSEPHS, ROEBUCK, RICHARDSON, LINTON
AND BISHOP, APRIL 8, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 8, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Lauding Charles L. Blockson for his contributions to the
2 preservation of Black history.
3 WHEREAS, Charles L. Blockson has spent more than 40 years
4 collecting items relating to the traditions and history of Afro-
5 Americans; and
6 WHEREAS, This distinguished bibliophile donated his
7 collection, covering more than four centuries, to Temple
8 University, where it is part of the Special Collections
9 Department of the Temple University Libraries; and
10 WHEREAS, This Norristown native, who serves a curator of the
11 collection, has set an enthusiastic and scholarly example for
12 this nation's researchers in ethnic studies; and
13 WHEREAS, His Historical Marker Project in Philadelphia aids
14 in preserving the legacy of Afro-Americans as well as their
15 unique experience in the city; and
16 WHEREAS, This noted author has written six books:
17 Pennsylvania's Black History (1975), Black Genealogy (1977), The
1 Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania (1981), The Underground
2 Railroad: First Person Narratives of Escapes to Freedom in the
3 North (1987), A Commented Bibliography of One Hundred and One
4 Influential Books by and About People of African Descent (1989)
5 and The Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American
6 Collection (1991); and
7 WHEREAS, The Montgomery County Commissioners have declared
8 Sunday, April 14, 1991, to be "Charles L. Blockson Day" in
9 Montgomery County; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives join in the
11 salute to Charles L. Blockson for the impact of his writings and
12 collection on the library world in Pennsylvania, the nation and
13 abroad.
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