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GA HR1697
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/5/2012
Primary Sponsor
Sharon Beasley-Teague
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution 1697 commends Dr. Pauline Knight-Ofosu for her dedicated public service and contributions to education and the Civil Rights Movement
- Dr. Knight-Ofosu participated in the Freedom Rides in 1960 as a member of the Nashville Christian Leadership Council's Student Central Committee, resulting in her arrest and imprisonment in Jackson, Mississippi, and expulsion from A&E State University in Tennessee
- She filed a lawsuit, Pauline Knight, et al. v. Tennessee State Board of Education et al., which led to her reinstatement, and she went on to earn degrees in Biology (1962), Medical Technology (1963), and a Doctor of Humane Letters (2008)
- She was recruited by civil rights icon Vivian Malone Jones to become the first female pesticides inspector for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and she also taught at Howard University Medical School and Clark Atlanta University while managing diagnostic laboratories at the Atlanta V.A. Hospital
- The Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to Dr. Knight-Ofosu
Legislative Description
Knight-Ofosu, Dr. Pauline; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/5/2012
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