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GA SR1232
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/16/2010
Primary Sponsor
Gail Buckner
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate resolution recognizing and commending journalist Douglas Blackmon for his distinguished career covering race relations, politics, and other major issues in America over more than 20 years
- Blackmon wrote his first newspaper story at age 12 for the Progress in Leland, Mississippi, earned a degree from Hendrix College, and held positions at the Arkansas Democrat, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Wall Street Journal, where he served as Atlanta bureau chief
- Authored Slavery By Another Name, examining how neoslavery persisted in the United States long after legal abolition, based on his reporting on U.S. Steel Corporation's use of forced black laborers in Alabama coal mines in the early 20th century
- Recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists in 2000 for stories revealing J.P. Morgan and Company's secret role in funneling funds to segregationists during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and received a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an appropriate copy of the resolution to Mr. Douglas Blackmon
Legislative Description
Blackmon, Mr. Douglas; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/16/2010
Full Bill Text
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