[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 43 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1123]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 541--COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JEAN-LOUIS 
      DE KEROUAC ON THE CENTENNIAL OF HIS BIRTH ON MARCH 12, 2022

  Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 541

       Whereas Jean-Louis de Kerouac, better known as ``Jack'', 
     was a giant of American literature and favorite son of 
     Lowell, Massachusetts;
       Whereas, alongside Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, 
     Jack Kerouac ignited the literary movement in the 1950s known 
     as the ``Beat Generation'';
       Whereas the Beat Generation's rebuke against traditional 
     values and materialism created the foundation for subsequent 
     counterculture movements in America and beyond;
       Whereas the beatnik stereotype dominated popular media and 
     culture in the 1950s and 1960s, an amalgamation of Kerouac's 
     self-expressive, unconventional characters;
       Whereas the ``Beatles'' took their name after the movement, 
     while artists such as Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison cite 
     Kerouac's work as major influences; and
       Whereas, more than half a century since his death, 
     Kerouac's novels still fire the imagination, particularly of 
     young people, and serve as a tribute to their culture-
     changing origins: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and commemorates the 
     enduring contribution of Jack Kerouac's work to American 
     literary culture and beyond on the centennial of his birth.

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