MS SC550

Recognizes Flonzie "Goodloe" Brown-Wright as the first African-American female elected to public office in Mississippi since Reconstruction, serving as Election Commissioner in 1968.

Commends her civil rights advocacy and involvement in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement beginning in 1963, including work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other humanitarian activists.

Acknowledges her career achievements including EEOC investigator appointment (1974-1989), authorship of best-selling book "Looking Back to Move Ahead" (1994), and receipt of over 400 Community Service Awards.

Highlights her educational work as Scholar in Residence and Adjunct Professor at Miami University in Ohio (2005-2010) and establishment of the Flonzie B. Wright Scholarship Fund, which has provided over $40,000 in scholarships.

Directs presentation of the resolution to Brown-Wright, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the Capitol Press Corps.