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MS HC111

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Failed

4/4/2013

Primary Sponsor

Bryant Clark

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in Holmes County, Mississippi, occurring on March 28-29, 2013.

  • Recognizes Sue Lorenzi Sojourner and her late husband Henry Lorenzi Sojourner for their civil rights work in Holmes County from fall 1964 to summer 1969.

  • Acknowledges Sue Sojourner's documentation of the civil rights era through photographs, oral histories, and her 2013 book "Thunder of Freedom" published by the University Press of Kentucky.

  • Notes that Henry and Sue legally changed their surname from Lorenzi to Sojourner in 1972 in honor of abolitionist Sojourner Truth.

  • Directs distribution of the resolution to Mrs. Sue Sojourner and members of the Capitol Press Corps.

Legislative Description

The Holmes County Civil Rights Movement; commemorate 50th Anniversary of the beginning of and recognize Mr. and Mrs. Sojourner.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/4/2013

Committee Referrals

Rules3/28/2013

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