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[H. Con. Res. 25 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 25


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2005

        Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 15, 2005.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.