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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2958

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 372 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY G. WRIGHT, THOMAS, ALLEN, BARD, BEBKO-JONES,
           BELARDI, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, McCALL, McILHATTAN,
           McNAUGHTON, BELFANTI, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLARK,
           CLYMER, L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA, COLEMAN, CORRIGAN, COSTA,
           COY, CREIGHTON, CURRY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DiGIROLAMO, DIVEN,
           DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, J. EVANS, FICHTER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
           GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HASAY, HERMAN,
           HERSHEY, HORSEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER,
           LESCOVITZ, LEVDANSKY, MAHER, MELIO, PALLONE, PISTELLA,
           ROBINSON, ROSS, SAMUELSON, SATHER, SCHRODER, SHANER, STABACK,
           STERN, SURRA, TIGUE, TRICH, WANSACZ, YOUNGBLOOD, MUNDY,
           PETRARCA, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SAYLOR,
           SCRIMENTI, B. SMITH, STEELMAN, STURLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO,
           WALKO, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WILT, M. WRIGHT, WATERS,
           J. WILLIAMS AND WOJNAROSKI, DECEMBER 3, 2001

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           DECEMBER 3, 2001

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating the week of January 14 through 21, 2002, as "Martin
     2     Luther King, Jr., Holiday Week" in Pennsylvania.

     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

     1  boycott of the city's segregated busing system which led to a
     2  United States Supreme Court decision forcing desegregation of
     3  the buses; and
     4     WHEREAS, Throughout this and later civil rights protests, Dr.
     5  King espoused the philosophy of nonviolent passive resistance
     6  and civil disobedience; and
     7     WHEREAS, In 1957, Dr. King moved back to Atlanta to join his
     8  father as associate pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and
     9  organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight
    10  segregation and discrimination throughout the south; and
    11     WHEREAS, During the following years, he was frequently
    12  arrested, beaten, jailed and threatened with violence as a
    13  result of his protest activities; and
    14     WHEREAS, Dr. King led a massive voter registration drive in
    15  Selma, Alabama, resulting in the famous freedom march to
    16  Montgomery, the state capital; and
    17     WHEREAS, His famous march on Washington, D.C., in 1963
    18  culminated in a great rally at the Lincoln Memorial at which he
    19  gave his immortal "I have a dream" speech; and
    20     WHEREAS, Dr. King's efforts resulted in enactment of the
    21  Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; and
    22     WHEREAS, His personal sacrifices and determined leadership of
    23  the civil rights movement in the United States were formally
    24  recognized in 1964 when he received the Nobel Peace Prize; and
    25     WHEREAS, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while in Memphis,
    26  Tennessee, to organize a "poor people's campaign"; and
    27     WHEREAS, The third Monday of January has been designated as a
    28  national holiday in order to give all Americans an opportunity
    29  to reflect upon the profound impact Dr. King has had on life in
    30  the United States; therefore be it
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     1     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge all
     2  Pennsylvanians to be mindful of the spirit and work of Dr.
     3  Martin Luther King, Jr., and to remember his commitment to peace
     4  and his dedication to equality for all human beings on the
     5  designated week of his remembrance, January 14 through 21, 2002,
     6  and throughout the year.
















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