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MO HCR18

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

4/6/2015

Primary Sponsor

Gail McCann Beatty

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates July 1, 2015, as "Lucile Bluford Day" in Missouri to honor the civil rights activist and journalist
  • Lucile H. Bluford challenged university segregation in 1939 by applying to the University of Missouri's graduate journalism program, which denied her admission after discovering she was Black
  • The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in 1940 that the University had to admit Bluford since no equal program existed at Lincoln University; the University responded by closing its graduate journalism program
  • Bluford became editor of The Kansas City Call in 1955 and later served as part-owner and publisher, building it into one of the nation's largest Black newspapers
  • The University of Missouri awarded Bluford an Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism in 1984 and an honorary doctorate in humanities in 1989

Legislative Description

Recognizes July 1, 2015, as "Lucile Bluford Day" in Missouri in honor of a brave and persistent civil rights activist

Last Action

Reported Do Pass (S)

4/29/2015

Committee Referrals

Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics4/8/2015
Select Committee on Commerce2/17/2015
Trade and Tourism1/27/2015

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