Bill Text: PA HR433 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proclaiming the week of August 30 through September 5, 2009, as "Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-14)

Status: (Passed) 2009-09-16 - Adopted [HR433 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR433-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2614
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 433 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, McCALL, DeWEESE, COHEN, MANN, BROWN, SIPTROTH, GOODMAN, KIRKLAND, McILVAINE SMITH, SHAPIRO, REICHLEY, FABRIZIO, DiGIROLAMO, BRIGGS, BOYLE, MELIO, PARKER, MARKOSEK, KORTZ, STABACK, GEORGE, ROEBUCK, MILLARD, BRENNAN, HOUGHTON, WHEATLEY, BEYER, LONGIETTI, VULAKOVICH, BUXTON, GRUCELA, WATSON, CALTAGIRONE, BRADFORD, DONATUCCI, SANTONI, READSHAW, EVERETT, ROSS, KILLION, FAIRCHILD, OLIVER, MYERS, GEIST, FLECK, SEIP, KULA, HESS, DERMODY, YOUNGBLOOD, MURT, PAYTON, WILLIAMS, JOHNSON, PRESTON AND BISHOP, AUGUST 31, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, AUGUST 31, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Proclaiming the week of August 30 through September 5, 2009, as
"Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Higher Education Act of 1965 defines
Historically Black Colleges and Universities as "any
historically black college or university that was established
prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the
education of African Americans, and that is accredited by a
nationally recognized accrediting agency or association"; and
WHEREAS, There are currently 113 Historically Black Colleges
and Universities; and
WHEREAS, Lincoln University, located near Oxford in
southeastern Pennsylvania, was established in 1854 as the first
Historically Black College-University in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Institute for Colored Youth, a technical school
located in southeastern Pennsylvania, which was the first
institution of higher education for African Americans, was
founded in 1837 and would become Cheyney University of
Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have
served the young people of the United States since before the
Civil War; and
WHEREAS, Many great Americans, such as Thurgood Marshall,
Langston Hughes and Horace Mann Bond, have attended historically
black colleges and universities; and
WHEREAS, While originally founded to serve African Americans,
today historically black colleges and universities offer all
students, regardless of race, an opportunity to develop their
skills and talents; and
WHEREAS, Historically Black Colleges and Universities are a
source of accomplishment and great pride to the African-American
community, as well as the entire nation, training young people
who go on to serve domestically and internationally in their
professions in both the public and private sectors; and
WHEREAS, Organizations such as Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma
Theta, Iota Phi Theta, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta
Phi Beta were founded at historically black colleges and
universities; and
WHEREAS, This year, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week is being celebrated from August 30, 2009, to
September 5, 2009; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim the week
of August 30 through September 5, 2009, as "Historically Black
Colleges and Universities Week" in Pennsylvania.
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