Bill Text: MS HR12 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi House Resolution 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Lanier High School National Championship Boys Basketball Team (1964-65); commend and congratulate upon induction into the MS Sports Hall of Fame.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-01-23 - Enrolled Bill Signed [HR12 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2013-HR12-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Representative Banks

House Resolution 12

(As Adopted by House)

A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE 1964-1965 LANIER HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM UPON THEIR INDUCTION INTO THE MISSISSIPPI SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

WHEREAS, the Lanier High School Boys Basketball Team finished the 1964-1965 season with a perfect record of 43-0 and demonstrated athletic fortitude and prowess to finish as state and national champions; and

WHEREAS, after a triumphant run on the hardwood resulting in the state championship, Lanier High School continued their historic journey by claiming the national title at the Negro National High School Championship in Montgomery, Alabama, in March of 1965; and

WHEREAS, the Lanier championship came at a time of segregation, and the very day that they won the championship in Montgomery, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march of 25,000 civil rights demonstrators from Selma, Alabama, to Alabama's capital city; and

WHEREAS, though the team did not receive the appreciation it deserved back during the Civil Rights Era, the gentlemen that comprised the championship squad will finally get their deserved day of recognition when they are inducted into the prestigious Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, an honor shared with only the most impressive sports heroes in Mississippi history; and

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the House of Representatives to recognize and commend excellence, especially when such excellence was achieved not only in our state but also on the national level:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby commend and congratulate the 1964-1965 Lanier High School National Championship Boys Basketball Team upon their induction into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and extend best wishes for continued success in all of their future endeavors.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be furnished to the members of the 1964-1965 Lanier High School National Championship Boys Basketball Team and to the members of the Capitol Press Corps.