[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 816 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 816

      Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2020

  Ms. Adams (for herself and Mr. Butterfield) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 
 and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in.

Whereas Joseph McNeil, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair, Jr.), Franklin 
        McCain, and David Richmond are the members of the Greensboro Four;
Whereas the Greensboro Four attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical 
        State University;
Whereas the Greensboro Four were refused service at the F.W. Woolworth cafeteria 
        in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960;
Whereas the Greensboro Four ignited a movement to challenge racial inequality 
        throughout the South;
Whereas the Greensboro Four were joined by female students from Bennett College 
        and Greensboro Women's College;
Whereas the sit-ins spread nationwide with over 700,000 people participating, 
        including students, clergymen, and citizens, both White and Black;
Whereas the protests resulted in more than 3,000 arrests;
Whereas the Greensboro Four remained peaceful throughout the 6-month sit-in; and
Whereas the Woolworth Lunch Counter was integrated on July 26, 1960: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the Greensboro Four for their contribution 
        to the civil rights movement and the significant role they 
        played as a catalyst for the mobilization of college students 
        in the civil rights movement coalescing in the formation of the 
        Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee;
            (2) recognizes that ethnic and racial diversity of the 
        United States enriches and strengthens the Nation; and
            (3) encourages all States to include in their educational 
        curriculum the history and contributions of the Greensboro 
        Four.
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