House Resolution 15 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2        BY  ABDUL=SAMAD, FORD, H. MILLER, BERRY,
  1  3                     THEDE, and BURT
  1  4 A Resolution designating February 2009 as Black History
  1  5    Month.
  1  6    WHEREAS, Black History Month in the United States
  1  7 dates back to 1926, based upon the efforts of Dr.
  1  8 Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard=educated scholar
  1  9 descended from slave parents; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, Black History Month is traditionally
  1 11 observed in February of each year; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, Black History Month is designated to
  1 13 recognize and pay tribute to many African=Americans
  1 14 long neglected by society and the history books; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, Black History Month aims to bridge the gap
  1 16 created by American history's failure to accurately
  1 17 acknowledge, portray, and record the contributions of
  1 18 Blacks in society; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, Black History Month acknowledges the
  1 20 achievements of Blacks in the military, the arts,
  1 21 civil rights, education, entertainment, history, law,
  1 22 literature, medicine, music, politics, science,
  1 23 sports, and other areas; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, the African=American population in Iowa
  1 25 has grown from 1.4 percent of the state population in
  1 26 1980 to 2.5 percent in 2006, and is projected to grow
  1 27 to 3.5 percent by 2030; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, African=Americans in Iowa are increasingly
  1 29 assuming leadership roles in law, medicine,
  1 30 government, education, the arts, and other areas; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, six African=Americans are currently
  2  2 serving in the House of Representatives, the largest
  2  3 number of African=Americans ever in the House; NOW
  2  4 THEREFORE,
  2  5    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  6 That the House of Representatives designates February
  2  7 2009 as Black History Month and encourages schools,
  2  8 community leaders, religious leaders, and all Iowans
  2  9 to take this opportunity to discover the history of
  2 10 African=Americans in Iowa, from George Washington
  2 11 Carver to James B. Morris to Simon Estes to Luther and
  2 12 Willie Glanton, and to learn about the contributions
  2 13 African=Americans continue to make to Iowa's economic
  2 14 and cultural well=being.
  2 15 LSB 2278HH 83
  2 16 jr/rj/14