Bill Text: GA SR1310 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Capitol Art Standards Commission; urged to accept a replacement plaque for installation on the sculpture, Expelled Because of their Color
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Senate Passed/Adopted [SR1310 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1310-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1310
By:
Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Jones of the 10th, James of the 35th and Seay of
the 34th
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Capitol Art Standards Commission to accept a replacement plaque for
installation on the sculpture entitled
Expelled Because of
their Color presently located on the
capitol grounds; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
on the northeast side of the state capitol stands a statue entitled
Expelled Because of
their Color memorializing the 33 African
American legislators who were expelled from the General Assembly in 1868;
and
WHEREAS,
in 1978, the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials met in the rotunda
of the capitol to dedicate a marker honoring the black elected officials who
served in the General Assembly between 1963 and 1978, and that plaque was placed
in front of the statue; and
WHEREAS,
the plaque that was dedicated in 1978 was replaced by a new plaque in the past,
but several of the original names were omitted from the new plaque;
and
WHEREAS,
the Legislative Black Caucus is willing and desirous of paying for a new plaque
that restores the original list of honored names.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge the
Capitol Art Standards Commission to accept a new plaque as provided in this
resolution and install such plaque in its rightful place.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Capitol Art Standards
Commission.
