[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 245 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 245

Expressing support for designation of April 23 as ``Barbara Johns Day'' 
to highlight the important role Ms. Barbara Rose Johns (Powell) played 
 in the Civil Rights Movement, in Brown v. Board of Education and the 
  desegregation of schools, and her role in the history of the United 
            States and the lives of United States citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2017

  Mr. Garrett (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Brat, and Mr. 
 Taylor) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for designation of April 23 as ``Barbara Johns Day'' 
to highlight the important role Ms. Barbara Rose Johns (Powell) played 
 in the Civil Rights Movement, in Brown v. Board of Education and the 
  desegregation of schools, and her role in the history of the United 
            States and the lives of United States citizens.

Whereas on April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Johns led a student strike for 
        equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Prince Edward, Virginia;
Whereas after securing legal support from the NAACP, these Moton students filed 
        suit in Davis v. Prince Edward County, the largest and only student 
        initiated case consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education, the 
        landmark 1954 United States Supreme Court decision declaring segregation 
        and the ``separate but equal'' principle in public schools to be 
        unconstitutional; and
Whereas April 23 would be an appropriate date to designate as ``Barbara Johns 
        Day'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``Barbara Johns Day'' to 
        highlight the important role Ms. Johns played in the lives of 
        United States citizens;
            (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
        calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
        ``Barbara Johns Day'' with appropriate ceremonies and 
        activities; and
            (3) encourages the people of the United States to consider 
        the role and impact of Ms. Johns in the Civil Rights Movement 
        and the role students have had in American history.
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