House Resolution 8 - Introduced
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
BY H. MILLER, ABDUL=SAMAD, BERRY, THEDE, KELLEY,
LANDON, FISHER, VANDER LINDEN, JORGENSEN, WATTS,
HAGENOW, DEYOE, SODERBERG, WORTHAN, MOORE, BYRNES,
BALTIMORE, MEYER, MOMMSEN, HOLT, BROWN=POWERS, GAINES,
SANDS, HUSEMAN, PETTENGILL, HEDDENS, FINKENAUER,
STUTSMAN, WINCKLER, ISENHART, LYKAM, COHOON,
DOLECHECK, McCONKEY, ANDERSON, GASSMAN, T. TAYLOR,
HUNTER, JACOBY, NUNN, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, HANSON,
OLSON, OLDSON, WOLFE, HALL, BEARINGER, KAUFMANN,
WINDSCHITL, SEXTON, KLEIN, RUFF, RUNNING=MARQUARDT,
STECKMAN, BACON, BAXTER, GUSTAFSON, FORBES, KRESSIG,
DAWSON, ROGERS, COWNIE, OURTH, PAUSTIAN, DUNKEL,
STAED, KEARNS, GASKILL, PRICHARD, SMITH, LENSING,
BENNETT, MASCHER, SALMON, MAXWELL, L. MILLER, FRY,
UPMEYER, FORRISTALL, HANUSA, JONES, PAULSEN, DRAKE,
KOESTER, STANERSON, BRANHAGEN, RIZER, HEARTSILL,
WILLS, GRASSLEY, SHEETS, R. TAYLOR, CARLSON, KOOIKER,
HEIN, HEATON, BEST, and HIGHFILL
1 1 A Resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the
1 2 milestone achieved by the first African Americans to
1 3 serve in the Iowa General Assembly, the Honorable
1 4 Willie Stevenson Glanton and the Honorable James H.
1 5 Jackson.
1 6 WHEREAS, in 1880, the Iowa Constitution was amended
1 7 to allow African American men to serve in the Iowa
1 8 General Assembly; and
1 9 WHEREAS, in 1926, the Iowa Constitution was
1 10 amended to allow women to serve in the Iowa General
2 1 Assembly; and
2 2 WHEREAS, in 1965, Willie Stevenson Glanton and James
2 3 H. Jackson became the first African Americans to serve
2 4 in the Iowa General Assembly as members of the Iowa
2 5 House of Representatives during the 61st Iowa General
2 6 Assembly; and
2 7 WHEREAS, 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of this
2 8 important milestone in the history of Iowa and the Iowa
2 9 General Assembly; and
2 10 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives should
2 11 celebrate and inform all Iowans of the history of the
2 12 Iowa General Assembly and its members, especially
2 13 members who represent historic firsts and exemplify the
2 14 ideal of the citizen legislator; and
2 15 WHEREAS, both Willie Stevenson Glanton and James H.
2 16 Jackson distinguished themselves during the 61st Iowa
2 17 General Assembly, working on important legislation on
2 18 civil rights and housing discrimination while serving
2 19 on several committees, including appropriations and
2 20 education; and
2 21 WHEREAS, Willie Stevenson Glanton was a trailblazer
2 22 throughout her career as she was the second African
2 23 American woman to be admitted to the Iowa Bar, the
2 24 first African American woman to become an assistant
2 25 county attorney in Polk County, the first African
2 26 American attorney in the Iowa office of the United
2 27 States Small Business Administration, and the first
2 28 African American member of the Des Moines City Council,
2 29 all culminating in her induction into the Iowa Women's
2 30 Hall of Fame; and
3 1 WHEREAS, James H. Jackson, a native of Waterloo
3 2 and graduate of the University of Northern Iowa,
3 3 distinguished himself throughout his career in both the
3 4 public and private sectors, teaching in the Waterloo
3 5 public school district and later becoming a pioneer for
3 6 other African Americans in corporate America, holding
3 7 senior management positions with Pepsi=Cola Bottling
3 8 Company, ITT, Citibank, and CIGNA; NOW THEREFORE,
3 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That
3 10 the House of Representatives honors and recognizes
3 11 the important contributions both Willie Stevenson
3 12 Glanton and James H. Jackson made to this state as the
3 13 first African American members of the Iowa House of
3 14 Representatives and as trailblazers and pioneers in
3 15 both the public and private sectors throughout their
3 16 careers.
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