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House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: November 6, 2017 08:51 AM
From: Representative Jake Wheatley, Jr.
To: All House members
Subject: Co-sponsorship Resolution – Declaring November 2, 2017, “Wendell Freeland Day” in Pennsylvania
 
In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution honoring the life and service of Wendell Freeland, resident of Pittsburgh. Attorney Freeland was an African American leader, attorney, activist, and Tuskegee Airman.

Even as a child, Wendell Freeland knew he was in a civil rights fight. After leaving the Colored School System of Baltimore to attend Howard University and then for WW II, as a bombardier with the Tuskegee Airmen, Freeland fought for his civil rights and faced a court-martial for the “Freeman Field Mutiny.” President Truman pardoned Freeland with an honorable discharge, and he was accepted at the University of Maryland Law School where he graduated with honors.

Attorney Freeland was an anchor and an agent of change throughout his private practice and civil rights career. As Chair of both the Pittsburgh and National Urban Leagues and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C., Freeland was a quiet but tenacious soldier, yet throughout these fights he never lost sight of the importance of family, of love, and of the cultural continuum. He was a renowned mentor, and his story deserves a documentary that presents and promotes him as a model for youth.

Join us in honoring the life and service of a man who was committed to bettering the community for all.



Introduced as HR607