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Resolution
Status
2/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tracy Steele
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AI Summary
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Arkansas House Resolution celebrates Black History Month during February 2025 and recognizes contributions of African Americans to Arkansas and the United States
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Dr. Carter Woodson initiated Negro History Week in 1926, which evolved into Black History Month, celebrated annually since February 1976
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Resolution highlights notable Arkansans including Dorothy McFadden Hoover (NASA physicist who developed the "thin sweptback tapered wing"), Maya Angelou (author/poet from Stamps), John H. Johnson (publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines from Arkansas City), and Raye Montague (Little Rock native who reduced Navy ship design time from 2 years to 18 hours and 26 minutes)
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Notes historical context including President Truman's 1948 executive order integrating the U.S. Armed Forces and the Little Rock Nine
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Sponsored by Representatives Steele and Barnes
Legislative Description
To Celebrate Black History Month During February 2025, And To Recognize And Applaud The Sacrifices And Myriad Contributions Made By African American Individuals Throughout The History Of Arkansas And The United States.
Last Action
READ AND ADOPTED.
2/12/2025