Bill Text: CA AR28 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to Black History Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-18)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-10 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 3796.). [AR28 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AR28-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 28	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Allen,  
Ammiano,   Atkins,   Bigelow,   Bloom,
  Bocanegra,   Bonta,   Bradford, 
 Brown,   Buchanan,   Ian Calderon,  
Campos,   Chau,   Chávez,   Chesbro, 
 Conway,   Cooley,   Dababneh,  
Dahle,   Daly,   Dickinson,   Donnelly,
  Eggman,   Fong,   Fox,  
Frazier,   Beth Gaines,   Garcia,   Gatto,
  Gomez,   Gonzalez,   Gordon,  
Gorell,   Gray,   Hagman,   Hall, 
 Harkey,   Holden,   Levine,   Linder,
  Logue,   Lowenthal,   Maienschein,
  Medina,   Melendez,   Morrell, 
 Mullin,   Nazarian,   Nestande,  
Olsen,   Pan,   Patterson,   Perea, 
 John A. Pérez,   V. Manuel Pérez,   Quirk,
  Rendon,   Ridley-Thomas,   Rodriguez,
  Salas,   Skinner,   Stone,  
Ting,   Waldron,   Weber,  Wieckowski,
  Williams,   and Yamada   ) 

                        JANUARY 28, 2014

   Relative to Black History Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, distinguished African American
author, editor, publisher, and historian, who is known as the
"Father of Black History," founded Negro History Week in 1926, which
became Black History Month in 1976, intended to encourage further
research and publishing regarding the untold stories of African
American heritage; and
   WHEREAS, The history of African Americans here in the United
States, as well as throughout the ages, is indeed unique and vibrant,
and it is appropriate to celebrate this history during the month of
February 2014, which has been proclaimed as Black History Month; and
   WHEREAS, There is even greater cause for a reverent celebration in
2014 as Americans reflect on the significance of the 50th
anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, and the 60th anniversary of the
landmark United States Supreme Court case of Brown versus the Board
of Education; and
   WHEREAS, The history of the United States is rich with
inspirational stories of great men and noble women whose actions,
words, and achievements have united Americans and contributed to the
success and prosperity of the United States; and
   WHEREAS, The slave trade was a tragic episode in African history
and began before August 1619 when the first slaves arrived in
Jamestown, Virginia. During the course of the slave trade, an
estimated 50 million African men, women, and children were lost to
their native continent, though only about 15 million arrived safely
to a new home. The others lost their lives on African soil or along
the Guinea coast, or finally in holds on the ships during the dreaded
Middle Passage across the Atlantic Ocean; and
   WHEREAS, The first American to shed blood in the revolution that
freed America from British rule was Crispus Attucks, an African
American seaman and slave killed on March 5, 1770, in the Boston
Massacre. African Americans also fought in wars including the Battles
of Lexington and Concord in April 1775, Ticonderoga, White Plains,
Bennington, Brandywine, Saratoga, Savannah, Yorktown, Bunker Hill,
the Battle of Rhode Island on August 29, 1775, and other
revolutionary war battles, the War of 1812, including, the Battle of
New Orleans, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I
and II, Korea, and Vietnam; and
   WHEREAS, In spite of the African slave trade, many Africans and
African Americans continued to move forward in society; during the
Reconstruction period, two African Americans served in the United
States Senate and 14 served in the United States House of
Representatives; and
   WHEREAS, From the earliest days of the United States, the course
of its history has been greatly influenced by Black heroes and
pioneers in many diverse areas, from science, medicine, business, and
education to government, industry, and social leadership; and
   WHEREAS, Africans and African Americans have also been great
inventors, inventing and improving things such as the
air-conditioning unit, almanac, automatic gearshift, blood plasma
bag, clothes dryer, doorknob, doorstop, electric lamp bulb, elevator,
fire escape ladder, fountain pen, gas mask, golf tee, horseshoe,
lantern, lawnmower, lawn sprinkler, lock, lubricating cup,
refrigerating apparatus, spark plug, stethoscope, telephone
transmitter, thermostat control, traffic signal, and typewriter; and
   WHEREAS, A number of these brave and accomplished individuals,
such as Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Matthew
Hensen, Daniel Hale Williams, Dr. Charles Drew, Jackie Robinson,
Jesse Owens, Curt Flood, Medgar Evers, and, of course, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., are noted prominently in the history books of
students nationwide, thus enabling students to learn about the
important and lasting contributions of these individuals; and
   WHEREAS, Among those Americans who have enriched our society are
the members of the African American community--individuals who have
been steadfast in their commitment to promoting brotherhood,
equality, and justice for all; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly takes great pleasure in recognizing February 2014 as Black
History Month, urges all citizens to join in celebrating the
accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and
encourages the people of California to recognize the many talents,
achievements, and contributions that African Americans make to their
communities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.