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MO HR2594
Resolution
Status
4/30/2013
Primary Sponsor
Michael Butler
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AI Summary
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Urges the Speaker of the House to select Roy Wilkins as a 2014 inductee into the Hall of Famous Missourians to honor the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Recognizes Roy Wilkins, a St. Louis native born in 1901, as a prominent civil rights activist from the 1930s to 1970s who served as executive secretary and later executive director of the NAACP
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Notes Wilkins' role in founding the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in 1950 and his work coordinating national legislative campaigns for major civil rights laws since 1957
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Acknowledges Wilkins' awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon Johnson and the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP
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Highlights the Hall of Famous Missourians was established over 30 years prior with initial inductees in 1982-1985, and 37 additional Missourians have been inducted since 1991
Legislative Description
Urges the Speaker of the House to select Roy Wilkins, civil rights activist, as a 2014 inductee into the Hall of Famous Missouris in honor of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act o
Last Action
Referred: General Laws(H)
5/17/2013