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

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.