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GA SR1092
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/21/2018
Primary Sponsor
Michael Rhett
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate formally recognizes Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., an international fraternity with over 750 chapters and more than 250,000 initiated members across the United States and several countries
- Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University by Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper, Frank Coleman, and faculty adviser Dr. Ernest Everett Just, making it the first predominantly African-American fraternity founded at a historically black university
- The fraternity's Cardinal Principles are manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift, and it has maintained a National Social Action Program since 1945 addressing health, housing, civil rights, and education for African Americans
- Fraternity member Carter G. Woodson spearheaded Negro History and Literature Week in 1924, which eventually expanded into what is now celebrated nationally as Black History Month each February beginning in 1976
- The Secretary of the Senate is directed to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., in connection with a delegate meeting on March 23, 2018, attended by members from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi
Legislative Description
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/21/2018
Full Bill Text
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