[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 308 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 308

 Remembering and honoring the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson 
      on the 60th anniversary of integrated Major League Baseball.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2007

  Mr. Davis of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Remembering and honoring the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson 
      on the 60th anniversary of integrated Major League Baseball.

Whereas 60 years ago this month, Jack Roosevelt ``Jackie'' Robinson, overcoming 
        significant opposition, became the first African-American Major League 
        Baseball player of the modern era in 1947;
Whereas Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962;
Whereas Jackie Robinson was a member of six World Series teams and earned six 
        consecutive All-Star Game nominations;
Whereas Jackie Robinson was a key figure in the establishment and growth of the 
        Freedom Bank;
Whereas Jackie Robinson served honorably in the United States Army from 1942-
        1944 as a second lieutenant;
Whereas Major League Baseball was not the only institution in which Jackie 
        Robinson sought to challenge racially discriminatory barriers;
Whereas Jackie Robinson faced court-martial charges of insubordination resulting 
        from his refusal to obey an order to move to the back of a segregated 
        military bus in Texas;
Whereas President Ronald Reagan awarded Jackie Robinson the Presidential Medal 
        of Freedom in 1984; and
Whereas Jackie Robinson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal during the 
        108th Congress: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives remembers and honors 
the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of 
integrated Major League Baseball.
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