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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 6, 2023 03:21 PM |
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| From: | Representative Stephen Kinsey and Rep. Jennifer O'Mara |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Educating Pennsylvania’s Students on the Civil Rights Era |
| The teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., effected powerful change during the Civil Rights Movement. By following the principles of non-violence, Dr. King was able to lead a movement that changed the hearts of people and the policies of a nation. As an important and effective part of our nation’s history, the children of our Commonwealth deserve to learn about Dr. King’s principles of non-violence and the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. We will be introducing legislation to ensure that Pennsylvania public schools shall include in their curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. This curriculum may also include an additional unit of instruction covering further examples of injustice, genocide, and discrimination so that the children of our Commonwealth may learn to act against injustice wherever it may occur. This legislation serves as a powerful reminder that our children deserve to learn of the past to create a better future, and we ask that you join us in sponsoring this important legislation |
Introduced as HB464