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GA HR1178
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/30/2022
Primary Sponsor
Edna Jackson
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AI Summary
- Recognizes February 1, 2022, as National Freedom Day in the Georgia House of Representatives, commemorating President Lincoln's signing of the Thirteenth Amendment joint resolution on February 1, 1865
- Honors Major Richard Robert Wright Sr., who was emancipated on February 1, 1865, and later became the founding president of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth (now Savannah State University)
- Notes that Major Wright Sr. championed the creation of National Freedom Day, which President Harry S. Truman signed into law on June 30, 1948, designating each February 1 as the observance
- Affirms the celebration of freedom as inclusive of all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, language, immigrant status, and national origin, and calls for rededication to fighting modern forms of slavery such as human trafficking
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and the press
Legislative Description
National Freedom Day; February 1, 2022; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/30/2022
Full Bill Text
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