[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 160 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 160

      Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Houston Forward Times.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2011

  Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
  Butterfield, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
  Johnson of Texas, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Speier, 
    Mr. Ellison, Ms. Chu, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Waters, Ms. Moore, Ms. 
    Richardson, and Mr. Al Green of Texas) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Houston Forward Times.

Whereas the Houston Forward Times newspaper was founded in 1960 in the heat of 
        the civil rights movement as a means to communicate the struggle to the 
        African-American community in Houston, Texas;
Whereas the Houston Forward Times is the largest independently owned and 
        operated African-American newspaper published in the Southwest area, 
        reaching over three-fourths of Houston's African-American population;
Whereas the Houston Forward Times devotes more space to the positive news and 
        accomplishments of African-Americans within the community than any other 
        news source;
Whereas the Houston Forward Times has endured the passing of its original 
        founder Julius P. Carter in 1971, and the recent passing of his wife, 
        Lenora ``Doll'' Carter, who succeeded him as publisher and CEO;
Whereas both Julius and Lenora ``Doll'' Carter were committed to reporting the 
        hard truths about what is happening in their community on the local, 
        State, and national levels, whether this be during the heat of the civil 
        rights movement or contemporary society;
Whereas Lenora ``Doll'' Carter, now succeeded by her eager and more than 
        qualified daughter, was an icon in Black media, receiving awards, 
        including the National Newspaper Publishers Association's Publisher of 
        the Year Award, the NAACP's Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award, the 
        National Council of Negro Women Pacesetters Award, and the Ethel Ransom 
        Art and Literary Outstanding Leadership Award, would have celebrated her 
        70th birthday on March 12, 2011; and
Whereas for 50 years, the Houston Forward Times has made it its duty to inform 
        the community of the true issues that affect all people of the United 
        States with a Black perspective, all the while exercising journalistic 
        excellence in layout, design, circulation, and editorial quality: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the 50th anniversary of the Houston Forward 
        Times as they serve the African-American community's need for 
        information; and
            (2) looks forward to the continuation of this esteemed 
        publication living up to its name and serving as ``a beacon on 
        the hill'' and shining ``the light of truth for the community 
        to march forward with the times''.
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