PRINTER'S NO. 3832
No. 723 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY WASHINGTON, HUTCHINSON, MELIO, JAMES, MANDERINO,
BELARDI, BISHOP, BUXTON, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, COY, CURRY, DALEY,
DeWEESE, D. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FRANKEL,
GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOOD, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER,
HERSHEY, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, MANN, MARKOSEK,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PETRARCA, REED,
RUBLEY, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO, WHEATLEY,
YUDICHAK, ROEBUCK AND PISTELLA, MAY 11, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 11, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark United States
2 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
3 WHEREAS, May 17, 2004, marks the 50th anniversary of the
4 Supreme Court decision which led to the desegregation of public
5 schools; and
6 WHEREAS, The court unanimously declared that separate
7 educational facilities for African-American children are
8 inherently unequal and in violation of the 14th amendment to the
9 Constitution of the United States; and
10 WHEREAS, The Brown case includes three companion cases and
11 one related case, and the historic decision led to hundreds of
12 court-ordered desegregation plans and the voluntary adoption, in
13 the face of great resistance, of race-conscious measures and
14 racial integration; and
15 WHEREAS, Following the 1954 decision, racial segregation of
1 public schools declined over decades, permitting educational
2 opportunity, achievement and diversity for many students and
3 communities; and
4 WHEREAS, Current trends, including Federal budget cuts,
5 mounting state budget deficits and income gaps for African-
6 American families, threaten expanded access and opportunity for
7 disadvantaged people of all races; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
9 50th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court
10 decision, Brown v. Board of Education, in affirmation of the
11 right to public education on equal terms.
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