[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4426 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4426

To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, 
    Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2005

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, 
    Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) R. Jess Brown was more than an attorney; he was a 
        champion for justice in Mississippi throughout the civil rights 
        era and among the few black attorneys in the entire State to 
        actively practice civil rights law.
            (2) R. Jess Brown was instrumental in breaking barriers as 
        the first attorney to file a civil suit on behalf of African 
        Americans in Mississippi, as well as the attorney to file the 
        case on behalf of James Meredith against the University of 
        Mississippi.
            (3) Brown's mission was to confront racial injustice 
        through education.
            (4) Before deciding to pursue law, Brown trained minds as a 
        professor at Alcorn College, and later as a high school teacher 
        in the Jackson Public School system.
            (5) In 1948, R. Jess Brown served as a plaintiff in the 
        case against the Jackson School Board for fairness between 
        black and white teachers' salaries.
            (6) R. Jess Brown left an indelible legacy as a 
        humanitarian, educator, and attorney.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The United States Courthouse to be constructed at the site bounded 
on the north by Court Street, on the west by West Street, on the south 
by South Street, and on the east by President Street in Jackson, 
Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the ``R. Jess Brown 
United States Courthouse''.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the courthouse referred to in section 1 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``R. Jess Brown United States 
Courthouse''.
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