CA ACR134

Recognizes February 2026 as the centennial anniversary of Black History Month, which originated when Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson founded Negro History Week in 1926

Commemorates key historical events including the 1619 arrival of the first documented Africans in Virginia, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 2020 establishment of California's Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans

Highlights milestones in African American political leadership, including Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election, Kamala Harris's 2020 election as the first female and first Black Vice President, and Shirley Nash Weber becoming California's first Black Secretary of State in 2021

Notes California's recent reparations-related legislation, including the 2024 Apology Act and the 2025 establishment of the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, the nation's first state agency of its kind

Affirms the Legislature's commitment to protecting constitutional rights, treating all people with equal respect and dignity, and advancing voter equality and equal access to the political process