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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2021 - 2022
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 8, 2021 09:29 AM |
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| From: | Representative Greg Rothman and Rep. Stephen Kinsey |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Educating PA Students on the Civil Rights Era and Nonviolent Principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 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, effective, and 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 in order to create a better future, and we ask that you join us in sponsoring this important legislation. |
Introduced as HB2204