[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1058 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1058

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         July 26, 2010.
Whereas the civil rights movement helped to better the lives of millions of 
        people and secured equality, civil rights, and human rights for all 
        people in the Nation;
Whereas in 1999, California public high school teacher Jeff Steinberg combined a 
        civil rights history lesson and a field trip to civil rights movement 
        landmarks to create the educational program Sojourn to the Past;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past takes high school students on a 10-day excursion 
        along the path of the civil rights movement in the Southern United 
        States, engaging them with historical sites and talks with prominent 
        veteran leaders of the civil rights movement;
Whereas the goal of Sojourn to the Past is to inspire students to become civic 
        leaders with a duty and ability to unite people in the communities in 
        equality and justice, through knowledge, understanding, and compassion;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past is the longest running civil rights education and 
        outreach program in the United States;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past has conducted 55 sojourns and introduced over 5,000 
        high school juniors and seniors to the lessons, locations, and leaders 
        of the civil rights movement;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past teaches high school students how the history of the 
        civil rights movement is relevant to ending discrimination, violence, 
        hatred, bigotry, and inequity in schools and communities;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past's mission of making the civil rights movement 
        relevant for younger generations strengthens society in the United 
        States by promoting civil rights and equality; and
Whereas Sojourn to the Past continues to teach younger generations of people in 
        the United States about the civil rights movement and challenges young 
        people to define and defend individual conceptions of justice in 
        communities and classrooms: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the 10th anniversary of the founding Sojourn to the 
        Past; and
            (2) honors and praises Sojourn to the Past on the occasion of its 
        anniversary, and for its work in educating the next generation of people 
        in the United States about the civil rights movement and the importance 
        of social justice.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.