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PA SR18
Resolution
Status
1/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sharif Street
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AI Summary
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Pennsylvania Senate resolution officially designating February 2025 as "Black History Month" in the Commonwealth
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The 2025 theme established by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is "African Americans and Labor," focusing on the role of work in Black experiences
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References the 1967 Philadelphia Plan, announced due to Black labor activists' efforts, which increased diversity in building trades
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Honors Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, who founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 and established "Negro History Week" on February 7, 1926
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Notes that President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976 as part of the United States Bicentennial
Legislative Description
Recognizing the month of February 2025 as "Black History Month" in Pennsylvania.
Last Action
Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
1/31/2025