MS HC139

Commends the life and legacy of Lou Emma Allen, a civil rights leader who passed away on December 14, 2009, at age 96

Recognizes her role as a member of the Greenwood Voters League and for opening her home to volunteers during the 1964 Freedom Summer voter registration drive in the Mississippi Delta

Places her among distinguished civil rights activists including Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers, and Bob Moses for her work advancing African Americans' right to vote

Notes her lifelong membership at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and her family, including three children, nine grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren

Directs copies of the resolution be furnished to her family and the Capitol Press Corps