(97) In 1971, Morris Dees, Jr., and Joseph J. 
Levin, Jr., founded the Southern Poverty Law Cen-
ter (SPLC). Julian Bond was named the first presi-
dent. With the mission of seeking justice and equal-
ity for society’s most vulnerable, SPLC has shut 
down some of the Nation’s most dangerous hate 
groups by winning crushing, multimillion-dollar jury 
verdicts on behalf of their victims. 
(98) On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court de-
cision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of 
Education, initiates a busing effort to integrate pub-
lic school systems. 
(99) In 1972, Benjamin Hooks was appointed 
as one of the five commissioners of the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) under the 
Nixon administration. 
(100) In February 1976, Negro History Week 
was expanded to Black History Month. 
(101) On November 3, 1983, the Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr., Federal holiday was established. 
(102) In 1987, Morris Dees won a $7 million 
judgment for the mother of Michael Donald, a Black 
lynching victim in Mobile, Alabama, in a suit against 
the Ku Klux Klan. 
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(103) On March 22, 1988, Congress passes the 
Civil Rights Restoration Act over President Rea-
gan’s veto. 
(104) On October 1, 1989, Army General Colin 
Powell becomes the first Black to serve as chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
(105) On July 5, 1991, the National Civil 
Rights Museum opens at King’s assassination site in 
Memphis. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD
AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold medal of ap-
propriate design in honor of the pioneers and participants 
of the Civil Rights movement, collectively, in recognition 
of their personal sacrifice and service to their country. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal referred to in subsection (a) in honor of 
the pioneers and participants of the Civil Rights 
Movement, the gold medal shall be given to the 
Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should 
make the gold medal received under this paragraph 
available for display elsewhere, particularly at other 
locations associated with the Civil Rights Movement. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 2, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are National med-
als for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
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essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
Æ 
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