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GA HR1997
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/18/2014
Primary Sponsor
Sharon Beasley-Teague
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AI Summary
- Commends Grace Towns Hamilton (1907–1992), the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly, where she served from 1966 to 1984
- Recognizes her service as executive director of the Atlanta Urban League (now the Urban League of Greater Atlanta) from 1943 to 1960, where she was the first woman to lead the organization
- Highlights her advocacy for equal access to education, health care, housing, and voting rights for people of color, as well as her promotion of interracial cooperation
- Notes her co-founding of the biracial Partners for Progress in 1964 to aid compliance with the Civil Rights Act and her role as advisor to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission from 1985 to 1987
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Legislative Description
Hamilton, Grace Towns; work with Urban League of Greater Atlanta; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/18/2014
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