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AL HR196
Resolution
Status
Passed
4/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Berry Forte
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AI Summary
- Honors Samuel Miller, a United States Navy veteran and voting rights activist from Russell County, Alabama, who was born March 5, 1919, and died November 14, 1992
- Recognizes Miller's 37 years of civil service in the U.S. Army's Transportation Motor Pool at Fort Benning, Georgia, and his military rank of Seaman First Class earned during World War II
- Credits Miller with founding the Russell County Betterment Association and Russell County Voting Association to combat discrimination, voter suppression, and corruption in Russell County and Phenix City
- Acknowledges Miller's efforts teaching residents to read and write to pass literacy tests and organizing voter registration campaigns that successfully registered eligible Black citizens
- Celebrates Miller's role in obtaining Department of Justice intervention to redraw voting districts, resulting in the election of the first Black constable and county commissioners in Russell County in 1986
Legislative Description
Samuel Miller, honored
Resolutions
Last Action
Joint Rule 11
4/3/2025
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