PRINTER'S NO. 343
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
371
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY A. DAVIS, LEE, PISCIOTTANO, SANCHEZ, HENNESSEY,
KINSEY, CONKLIN, HILL-EVANS, BURGOS AND NEILSON,
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 3, 2021
AN ACT
Designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 837, also known as
Duquesne Boulevard, between Center Street in the City of
Duquesne, Allegheny County, and Hoffman Boulevard in West
Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, as the Clifton P. Pitts
Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Clifton P. Pitts Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Clifton P. Pitts was born December 25, 1942, in
Pittsburgh to the late Heywood and Sarah Bloss-Pitts and
graduated from Duquesne Senior High School.
(2) After graduating high school, he spent 21 years
working as the Director of Job Replacement for Allegheny
County.
(3) He later served as Director of the Mon-Yough Action
Program, Director of the HIP program (Help Initiate Pride)
and as a supervisor at Kool Vent Home Improvement where he
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retired from in 2015.
(4) Clifton P. Pitts was a long-time Civil Rights leader
in the Mon-Valley, where for more than 50 years he fought for
equal housing, employment and education.
(5) He previously served as President of the Duquesne-
West Mifflin National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) and Concerned Citizens.
(6) He also served as First Jr. Exalted Ruler of the JT
Brandy, Elk Lodge, JT Brandy Lodge; President of the Freshmen
Society Club; past President of the Wild Bunch Social Club;
past President of the Western Pennsylvania Black Assembly;
and as Chairman of the Mon-Valley People Action Committee.
(7) On November 23, 2020, Clifton P. Pitts passed away
at the age of 76.
(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 837,
also known as Duquesne Boulevard, between Center Street in the
City of Duquesne, Allegheny County, and Hoffman Boulevard in
West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, is designated as the
Clifton P. Pitts Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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