PRINTER'S NO. 2620
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
168
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, LEE, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, DELLOSO,
JOZWIAK, BENHAM, MADDEN, MERSKI, RABB, SAINATO, McCLINTON,
KINSEY, SAPPEY, SCHLOSSBERG, HOHENSTEIN, GUENST, LONGIETTI,
VITALI, FREEMAN, MALAGARI, D. MILLER, KENYATTA, BURNS,
ISAACSON, T. DAVIS, McNEILL, PARKER, DeLUCA, A. DAVIS,
KIRKLAND, SOLOMON, N. NELSON, SAMUELSON, NEILSON,
D. WILLIAMS, BURGOS, SIMS, HARRIS AND MENTZER,
JANUARY 20, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 20, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and
recognizing January 17, 2022, as "Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Day" and as a day of service in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15,
1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Reverend Michael King, Sr., and
Alberta King (née Williams), the second of three children; and
WHEREAS, Ever since he was a child, Dr. King, born Michael
King, Jr., witnessed racial segregation, commonplace at the
time, and took a stand against racial injustices done to
himself; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King followed in his father's and grandfather's
footsteps by becoming a Baptist minister after graduation from
Morehouse College in 1948 and Crozer Theological Seminary in
1951; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King received his doctorate from Boston
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University in 1955; and
WHEREAS, As pastor, Dr. King was vocal in his disdain for
racial segregation and organized a citywide boycott of the
segregated busing system in Montgomery, Alabama, which led to a
United States Supreme Court decision forcing desegregation of
the buses; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King championed the philosophy of nonviolent
passive resistance, civil disobedience and freedom from
oppression; and
WHEREAS, In 1957, Dr. King moved back to Atlanta to join his
father as associate pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and
organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight
segregation and discrimination throughout the South; and
WHEREAS, He led a massive voter registration drive in Selma,
Alabama, resulting in the famous freedom march to Montgomery,
the state capital; and
WHEREAS, The famous march on Washington, DC, in 1963
culminated in a great rally at the Lincoln Memorial at which Dr.
King gave his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech and the enactment
of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; and
WHEREAS, His determined leadership of the civil rights
movement in the United States was formally recognized in 1964
when he received the Nobel Peace Prize; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while in Memphis,
Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, The third Monday of January has been designated as a
national holiday as well as a State holiday within the
Commonwealth, providing all Americans an opportunity to reflect
upon the profound impact of Dr. King's personal sacrifices and
efforts to ensure freedom for all; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognize January
17, 2022, as "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day" and as a day of
service in Pennsylvania.
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