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GA SR1310

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

4/27/2010

Primary Sponsor

Lester Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2009-2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Capitol Art Standards Commission to accept and install a replacement plaque on the sculpture Expelled Because of their Color, located on the northeast side of the Georgia state capitol, which memorializes the 33 African American legislators expelled from the General Assembly in 1868
  • The original plaque, dedicated in 1978 by the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, honored Black elected officials who served in the General Assembly between 1963 and 1978
  • A previous replacement of the original plaque omitted several names from the original list of honored individuals
  • The Legislative Black Caucus has agreed to fund a new plaque that restores the complete original list of names
  • Adopted by the Georgia Senate and sponsored by Senators Jackson (2nd), Jones (10th), James (35th), and Seay (34th), with the Secretary of the Senate directed to transmit the resolution to the Capitol Art Standards Commission

Legislative Description

Capitol Art Standards Commission; urged to accept a replacement plaque for installation on the sculpture, Expelled Because of their Color

Last Action

Senate Passed/Adopted

4/27/2010

Committee Referrals

State Institutions and Property3/22/2010

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