Bill Text: TX HR201 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as Texas NAACP Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR201-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as Texas NAACP Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR201-Introduced.html
86R9941 BPG-D | ||
By: Reynolds | H.R. No. 201 |
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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas State Conference of NAACP Units | ||
are visiting the State Capitol on February 26, 2019, in celebration | ||
of Texas NAACP Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than a century, the NAACP has played a | ||
crucial role in the struggle for equal rights and justice; the | ||
organization was founded in 1909 and grew rapidly as it set agendas | ||
and developed tactics that would propel the civil rights movement | ||
through the 20th century; and | ||
WHEREAS, The NAACP has drawn its strength as a grassroots | ||
organization from a membership based in hundreds of communities | ||
across the nation, and its local branches have been key to its | ||
effectiveness; in Texas, the first chapter was established in El | ||
Paso in 1915, and nine more cities in the state gained branches | ||
three years later; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1937, the Texas State Conference of NAACP Units | ||
was established under the leadership of A. Maceo Smith, and the | ||
organization gained traction as a sustained, statewide movement; | ||
the conference expanded rapidly during and after World War II, | ||
reaching a membership of almost 30,000 people in more than 100 | ||
branches; early victories included Supreme Court cases that ended | ||
Democratic white primary elections and secured the admission of | ||
Heman M. Sweatt to The University of Texas School of Law; public | ||
school desegregation cases dragged on longer, tied up in the courts | ||
for years while the NAACP confronted government retaliation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas branches of the NAACP have continued to build | ||
on the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Era; initiatives include | ||
litigating redistricting cases and targeting discriminatory | ||
practices in employment, housing, and the criminal justice system; | ||
since 1991, that work has been guided by Gary Bledsoe, president of | ||
the Texas NAACP; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than eight decades, the Texas State | ||
Conference of NAACP Units has advanced the cause of social justice, | ||
and through their dedication as champions of equal rights, members | ||
across the state are furthering the vital goals of this | ||
trailblazing organization; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize February 26, 2019, as Texas NAACP Day | ||
at the State Capitol and extend to the members of the Texas State | ||
Conference of NAACP Units sincere best wishes for a memorable and | ||
productive visit to Austin. |