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GA HR1574
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/21/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jasmine Clark
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AI Summary
- Recognizes Saturday, March 23, 2024, as Butler-Baker School Day in honor of the historic "Butler-Baker Negro School" established in September 1956 in Eatonton, Georgia, which served as the only school open to Black students in the area through 12th grade
- The school operated as a segregated equalization school until 1971, when it was integrated for students up to ninth grade, and later housed Putnam County Head Start, the Georgia Family Connection Program, and adult education programs in the 1990s and early 2000s
- Notable alumni include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker (The Color Purple), who graduated as valedictorian in 1961, and prominent DeKalb County leader Porter Sanford III, who graduated in 1960
- The Butler-Baker Alumni Project, Inc., purchased the property in October 2012 and is working to restore the site and establish a museum and community center
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide a copy of the resolution to the Butler-Baker Alumni Project, Inc.
Legislative Description
Butler-Baker School Day; March 23, 2024; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/21/2024
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