Bill Text: GA SR166 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Clayton, Ms. Xernona; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-06 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR166 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR166-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 166
By:
Senator Reed of the 35th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Ms. Xernona Clayton; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Ms. Xernona Clayton was named the 2008 Crystal Customer Honoree during Hyatt
Regency Atlanta's 7th Annual Heritage Celebration; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Clayton began her career in television in 1967 when she became the South's
first African American to have her own television show on the CBS affiliate in
Atlanta, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
employed with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., for nearly 30 years, Ms. Clayton
was one of the highest ranking female employees with the company, serving as
Corporate Vice President of Urban Affairs; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Clayton is the founder, CEO, and President of the Trumpet Awards Foundation,
Inc., and the creative and executive producer of the foundation's Trumpet Awards
event, which was initiated in 1993 to highlight accomplishments and
contributions of leaders in the African American community and is televised to
over 185 countries around the world; and
WHEREAS,
she has long served as a leader in Civil Rights projects, coordinating Atlanta's
African American doctors in 1966 to spearhead the Doctors' Committee for
Implementation project, which resulted in the desegregation of all hospital
facilities in Atlanta, served as a model for other states throughout the country
and was honored by the National Medical Association for its impact;
and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Clayton's persistent fight against prejudice resulted in the denouncing of
the Ku Klux Klan by the group's Grand Dragon in 1966, who credited Ms. Clayton
with influence on his decision;
and
WHEREAS, Ms. Clayton diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of her time, talents, and energy toward the betterment of her community and state with her work as the Georgia Department of Labor's Board of Review Commissioner and after her appointment to the State Motion Picture and Television Commission by Governor Jimmy Carter, serving as the first woman and first African American for both of these prestigious posts; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Clayton diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of her time, talents, and energy toward the betterment of her community and state with her work as the Georgia Department of Labor's Board of Review Commissioner and after her appointment to the State Motion Picture and Television Commission by Governor Jimmy Carter, serving as the first woman and first African American for both of these prestigious posts; and
WHEREAS,
her dedication to the community is evident in her service on the boards of the
Martin Luther King Center, the Atlanta Urban League, the Southwest Community
Hospital, and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Clayton's professional and civic leadership has been highly honored with
features on the magazine covers of
The New York
Times,
Women Looking
Ahead,
Onyx,
and Black
Excellence, and her recognition as Essence
Woman by
Essence
magazine and Personality of the Month by
Movie
Mirror magazine; and
WHEREAS,
it is fitting that this body express its appreciation to Ms. Clayton for the
great credit she reflects on her community and state.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
Ms. Xernona Clayton for her outstanding leadership abilities and her many
important contributions to the State of Georgia.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Xernona Clayton.