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GA SR732

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/7/2024

Primary Sponsor

Harold Jones

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes and commends the Augusta-Richmond County Branch of the NAACP, founded on March 12, 1917, for more than 107 years of service to the Augusta community
  • Notes the NAACP was created in response to the 1908 Springfield race riot and widespread anti-Black violence, particularly lynching
  • Highlights the branch's mission to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights and to eliminate race-based discrimination
  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to the Augusta-Richmond County Branch of the NAACP

Legislative Description

Augusta-Richmond County Branch of the NAACP; recognize

Last Action

Senate Read and Adopted

3/7/2024

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