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GA SR1009
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/18/2016
Primary Sponsor
William Ligon
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate recognizes and commends the Library of Congress and the Association of Cultural Equity for over 75 years of dedicating staff, funds, and archival space to preserving Georgia heritage
- Highlights their partnership to create digital recordings of interviews with the Georgia Sea Island Singers, an African American group that shares the Gullah culture of Georgia's coastal islands
- Honors the work of Alan Lomax, founder of the Association of Cultural Equity, who first visited St. Simons Island in 1935 to record the Spiritual Singers Society of Coastal Georgia and later returned during the Civil Rights Era to record Ms. Bessie Jones
- Acknowledges both organizations' role in ensuring the Georgia Sea Island Singers are celebrated as part of American history and that the history of African slavery is not forgotten
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the Library of Congress and the Association of Cultural Equity
Legislative Description
Library of Congress and Association of Cultural Equity; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/18/2016
Full Bill Text
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