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Honors the memory and legacies of blues musician Riley B. "B.B." King (born September 16, 1925) and civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers (born July 2, 1925) on what would have been their 100th birthdays in 2025.

Recognizes B.B. King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th Century" who earned the nickname "The King of Blues," recorded more than 50 albums, won 15 Grammy Awards, and averaged over 200 concerts per year.

Acknowledges Medgar Evers as Mississippi's NAACP field secretary and civil rights pioneer who fought to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, expand voting rights, and promote economic opportunities for Black communities before his assassination on June 12, 1963.

Directs the resolution be presented to surviving descendants of both men and distributed to the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, Mississippi Museum of History, Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.