[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 25 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 25

  Recognizing the contributions of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), 
 David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, the ``Greensboro 
                 Four'', to the civil rights movement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2005

  Mr. Miller of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Coble, Mr. Watt, Mr. 
Capuano, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Grijalva, 
 Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McIntyre, Ms. Millender-
  McDonald, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Barrow, Mr. 
  Butterfield, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
 Wynn, and Mr. Clyburn) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the contributions of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), 
 David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, the ``Greensboro 
                 Four'', to the civil rights movement.

Whereas on February 1, 1960, Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), David Richmond, 
        Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, four African-American freshman 
        students at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, 
        walked into the F.W. Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro, North 
        Carolina, and sat at the ``whites only'' lunch counter, thereafter 
        becoming known as the ``Greensboro Four'';
Whereas the ``Greensboro Four'' were refused service but continued to sit at the 
        lunch counter in nonviolent protest;
Whereas the sit-in by the ``Greensboro Four'' was an act of courage and 
        conscience, and inspired sit-ins across North Carolina and the southern 
        United States to protest racial segregation in public accommodations and 
        in other areas of life;
Whereas the courageous protest of the ``Greensboro Four'' and all of the sit-in 
        demonstrations made a critical contribution to the civil rights 
        movement, leading to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 
        the integration of public accommodations; and
Whereas the civil rights movement made our nation more just and decent, and the 
        courage and conscience of the ``Greensboro Four'' should inspire all 
        Americans to act against injustice: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) applauds the valor and courageous efforts of Jibreel 
        Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and 
        Franklin McCain, known as the ``Greensboro Four''; and
            (2) encourages all Americans to remember the contributions 
        they made to the civil rights movement and to conduct 
        appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs to commemorate 
        the sit-in of the ``Greensboro Four''.
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