House Resolution 21 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2       BY  FORD, BERRY, ABDUL=SAMAD, and H. MILLER
  1  3 A Resolution designating February 2007 as Black History
  1  4    Month.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Black History Month in the United States
  1  6 dates back to 1926, based upon the efforts of Dr.
  1  7 Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard=educated scholar
  1  8 descended from slave parents; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, Black History Month is traditionally
  1 10 observed in February of each year; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, Black History Month is designated to
  1 12 recognize and pay tribute to many African=Americans
  1 13 long neglected by society and the history books; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, Black History Month aims to bridge the gap
  1 15 created by American history's failure to accurately
  1 16 acknowledge, portray, and record the contributions of
  1 17 Blacks in society; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, Black History Month acknowledges the
  1 19 achievements of Blacks in the military, the arts,
  1 20 civil rights, education, entertainment, history, law,
  1 21 literature, medicine, music, politics, science,
  1 22 sports, and other areas; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the African=American population in Iowa
  1 24 has grown from 1.4 percent of the state population in
  1 25 1980 to 2.3 percent in 2004, and is projected to grow
  1 26 to 3.5 percent of the state population by 2030; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, African=Americans in Iowa are increasingly
  1 28 assuming leadership roles in law, medicine,
  1 29 government, education, the arts, and other areas; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, four African=Americans are currently
  2  1 serving in the House of Representatives, the largest
  2  2 number of African=Americans ever in the House; NOW
  2  3 THEREFORE,
  2  4    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  5 That the House of Representatives designates February
  2  6 2007 as Black History Month and encourages schools,
  2  7 community leaders, religious leaders, and all Iowans
  2  8 to take this opportunity to discover the history of
  2  9 African=Americans in Iowa, from George Washington
  2 10 Carver to James B. Morris to Simon Estes, and to learn
  2 11 about the contributions African=Americans continue to
  2 12 make to Iowa's economic and cultural well=being.
  2 13 LSB 2524HH 82
  2 14 jr:rj/gg/14.1