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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 48 

Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by celebrating diversity, 

promoting tolerance, and condemning hate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2025 

Ms. BROWN (for herself, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. ADAMS, 

Mr. BERA, Mr. CARSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. GOLDMAN

of New York, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 

EVANS of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. 

WILSON of Florida, Mr. AMO, Mr. IVEY, Ms. MENG, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. 

STEVENS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BYNUM, Ms. 

MCCLELLAN, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. 

BEATTY, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. FROST, Ms. 

WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. BISHOP, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

TORRES of New York, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CLEAVER, 

Mr. FIELDS, Mr. MFUME, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 

HERNA ́NDEZ, and Ms. JACOBS) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by celebrating diversity, promoting tolerance, and condemning 

hate. 


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Whereas the Nation will celebrate the 96th anniversary of the 

birth of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday, January 20, 2025; 

Whereas Dr. King taught that the blessing of diversity is our 

strength; 

Whereas Dr. King fought, marched, and preached for the inalienable rights of all people, particularly Black Americans; 

Whereas among these rights is the inviolable right of every 

person to cast their vote and make their voice heard in 

a representative democracy; 

Whereas tolerance for one another’s difference in race, ethnicity, gender, culture, religion, sexual orientation, age, 

or disability is a profound virtue; 

Whereas civil discourse in a land of democratic freedom is the 

true promise of our country; and 

Whereas Dr. King once wrote in his 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail, ‘‘Whatever affects one directly, affects all 

indirectly’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) celebrates the 96th anniversary of the birth3 day of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on 

4 January 20, 2025, which shall serve as a reminder 

5 that hate and hateful conduct based on differences 

6 has no place in the United States in tribute to his 

7 life and teachings; 

8 (2) affirms the words of Reverend Dr. Martin 

9 Luther King, Jr., ‘‘Anyone who lives inside the 


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1 United States can never be considered an outsider 

2 anywhere within its bounds’’; 

3 (3) honors the life, legacy, works, and heroism 

4 of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; 

5 (4) condemns any form of harassment, discrimi6 nation, or prejudice targeted at any minority ethnic 

7 group, including the Black community, Indigenous 

8 people, the Jewish community, the Asian-American 

9 and Pacific Islander community, the Muslim commu10 nity, and the Hispanic and Latino communities; 

11 (5) condemns any form of harassment, discrimi12 nation, or prejudice based on a person’s gender, in13 cluding the trans community and LGBTQ+ individ14 uals; 

15 (6) abhors the violence and animus that led to 

16 the untimely death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther 

17 King, Jr.; and 

18 (7) calls on all people across the Nation and the 

19 world to uphold Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, 

20 Jr.’s values and teachings of justice, equality, peace, 

21 advocacy, and tolerance. 

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