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AL HR382
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
5/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
John Knight
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AI Summary
- Commemorates the 150th anniversary of African Americans' first votes cast and public offices held in Alabama in 1867
- Recognizes that the first African Americans cast ballots in Alabama on April 1, 1867, in a Tuscumbia mayoral election following the First Reconstruction Act of March 1867
- Documents that 88,243 African American men registered to vote between July 1 and August 20, 1867, with registration records now held at the Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Notes that 18 of 100 delegates elected to the 1867 constitutional convention were African American, marking the first meeting of Black and white lawmakers in the state's history
- Acknowledges that the 1867 convention framed a constitution establishing equal apportionment, creating the office of lieutenant governor, guaranteeing property rights for married women, and providing one-fifth of annual state revenue for public education
Legislative Description
Sesquicentennial of voting and office holding by African American in Alabama, recognized
Resolutions, Legislative
Last Action
Boothe motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote
5/4/2017
Committee Referrals
Rules4/27/2017
Full Bill Text
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