PRINTER'S NO. 3533
No. 497 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, FRANKEL, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI,
BELFANTI, BISHOP, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, M. COHEN,
COLAFELLA, COY, CURRY, DALEY, DeWEESE, EVANS, FAIRCHILD,
FICHTER, FREEMAN, GEORGE, HARHAI, HORSEY, JOSEPHS, KIRKLAND,
LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ, MANDERINO, MANN, MYERS, ORIE, PESCI,
PETRONE, PISTELLA, RAMOS, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROBINSON,
ROEBUCK, STABACK, THOMAS, VAN HORNE, WALKO, WILLIAMS, WATERS,
YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND BROWNE, MAY 11, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, MAY 11, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and Congress of the United States to
2 enact legislation and appropriate funds for a museum and
3 research center on African-American culture to be located on
4 the National Mall in Washington D.C.
5 WHEREAS, All Americans would draw great benefit from funding
6 and support for a full-scale, interactive, high-tech history
7 museum and research center on the Mall of the nation's capitol
8 for the purpose of documenting, educating and telling the story
9 of the African-American experience in the United States from its
10 early beginnings in the 17th century to the 21st century; and
11 WHEREAS, This museum could detail not only the horrific and
12 sad history of African-Americans, the only population coming to
13 America's shores as slaves, but also could show their
14 indomitable spirit to overcome impossible odds and to struggle
15 from slavery to freedom through the civil rights movement and
1 obtain fair treatment and equality in America for all people of
2 color; and
3 WHEREAS, A United States African-American History Museum
4 would help to delineate the major role African-Americans have
5 played in building, defending and shaping America and their
6 contributions in the fields of science, medicine, literature,
7 arts, dance, music and entertainment; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
9 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the President and
10 Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide
11 for the construction and funding of a history museum and
12 research center on African-American culture to be located on the
13 National Mall in Washington D.C.
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