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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, CRUZ, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, COHEN, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MILLARD, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, QUINN, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, TRUE, WALKO, WHEATLEY AND WHITE, FEBRUARY 13, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 13, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating the week of January 18 through 24, 2009, as "Martin |
2 | Luther King, Jr., Holiday Week." |
3 | WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr., born on January 15, 1929, |
4 | in Atlanta, Georgia, followed in his father's and grandfather's |
5 | footsteps by becoming a Baptist minister after graduation from |
6 | Morehouse College in 1948 and Crozer Theological Seminary in |
7 | 1951; and |
8 | WHEREAS, He received his doctorate from Boston University in |
9 | 1955; and |
10 | WHEREAS, In 1954, as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist |
11 | Church in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. King organized a citywide |
12 | boycott of the city's segregated busing system which led to a |
13 | United States Supreme Court decision forcing desegregation of |
14 | the buses; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Throughout this and later civil rights protests, Dr. |
16 | King espoused the philosophy of nonviolent passive resistance |
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1 | and civil disobedience; and |
2 | WHEREAS, In 1957, Dr. King moved back to Atlanta to join his |
3 | father as associate pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and |
4 | organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight |
5 | segregation and discrimination throughout the South; and |
6 | WHEREAS, During the following years, he was frequently |
7 | arrested, beaten, jailed and threatened with violence as a |
8 | result of his protest activities; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Dr. King led a massive voter registration drive in |
10 | Selma, Alabama, resulting in the famous freedom march to |
11 | Montgomery, the state capital; and |
12 | WHEREAS, His famous march on Washington, D.C., in 1963 |
13 | culminated in a great rally at the Lincoln Memorial at which he |
14 | gave his immortal "I have a dream" speech; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Dr. King's efforts resulted in enactment of the |
16 | Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; and |
17 | WHEREAS, His personal sacrifices and determined leadership of |
18 | the civil rights movement in the United States were formally |
19 | recognized in 1964 when he received the Nobel Peace Prize; and |
20 | WHEREAS, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while in Memphis, |
21 | Tennessee, to organize a "poor people's campaign"; and |
22 | WHEREAS, The third Monday of January has been designated as a |
23 | national holiday in order to give all Americans an opportunity |
24 | to reflect upon the profound impact Dr. King has had on life in |
25 | the United States; therefore be it |
26 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the |
27 | week of January 18 through 24, 2009, as "Martin Luther King, |
28 | Jr., Holiday Week"; and be it further |
29 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge all |
30 | Pennsylvanians to be mindful of the spirit and work of Dr. |
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1 | Martin Luther King, Jr., and to remember his commitment to peace |
2 | and his dedication to equality for all human beings on the |
3 | designated week of his remembrance, January 18 through 24, 2009, |
4 | and throughout the year. |
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