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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 33

Commending and praising the National Association for the Advancement

of Colored People on the occasion of its 90th anniversary.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 11, 1999

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. MEEKS

of New York, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSEN, Mr.

FORD, Ms. LEE, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. RUSH, Ms. JACKSONLEE of Texas, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FATTAH,

Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THOMPSON of

Mississippi, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CLAY, Ms. EDDIE

BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. GONZALEZ)

submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Commending and praising the National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its

90th anniversary.

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People was formed on February 12, 1909, in

New York City by a group of 60 black and white citizens

committed to helping to right social injustices and renew

the struggle for civil and political liberty;

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People recruited a distinguished group of black
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leaders in the struggle for civil rights, such as W.E.B.

Dubois and Ida Wells-Barnett;

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States;

Whereas the principal objective of the National Association

for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the

political, educational, social, and economic equality for all

citizens of the United States;

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People is committed to achieving its goals

through nonviolence and relies upon the press, the petition, the ballot, and the courts, and has been persistent

in the use of legal and moral persuasion, even in the face

of overt and violent racial hostility;

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People has been active through political pressure,

marches, demonstrations, and effective lobbying and has

served as the voice, as well as the shield for minority

Americans;

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People, through the leadership of legal advocates

like Thurgood Marshall, obtained constitutional guarantees of full citizenship rights for minority Americans

through the courts and ended segregation in schools

through civil rights cases such as Brown v. Board of

Education; and

Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People was also prominent in lobbying for the

passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and

1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Hous-
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ing Rights Act of 1968, laws which ensured Government

protection for legal victories achieved: Now, therefore, be

it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That on the occasion of the 90th anniversary

3 of the historic founding of the National Association for

4 the Advancement of Colored People, the Congress com5 mends and praises the National Association for the Ad6 vancement of Colored People for working to ensure the

7 political, educational, social, and economic equality of mi8 nority group citizens of the United States.

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