AFRICAN AMERICANS
Addresses
Christmas Sermon on Peace: Martin Luther King, Jr., H522-H524 [16JA]
Amendments
Racial relations: investigate and prosecute the hanging of nooses for the purpose of intimidation (S. Res. 396), S15704 [14DE]
Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 3432), S16047, S16055 [19DE]
Articles and editorials
America Has Lost a Generation of Black Boys, E822 [23AP]
Amistad To Sail in Bid To Build Understanding and Unity, E1305 [15JN]
Barriers Still Need Breaking—Up to Us To Complete Robinson's Great Work, E775 [18AP]
Bicentennial of the American and British Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, E460 [5MR]
Black History Month—The Hand of People From the Caribbean Seen in Every Aspect of Human Development, E566 [15MR]
Black Pioneer Althea Gibson, E2047 [2OC]
Celebration of the Caribbean-American Contribution to Black History—Achievement and Hard-Won Successes Caribbean-Americans Have Added to the Rich Cultural Tapestry of the United States, E567 [15MR]
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald Will Take Four to Six Weeks Off To Seek Treatment for Cancer, H3747 [23AP]
80th Anniversary Gala Pays Tribute to 13 Living Legends, E462 [5MR]
Harlem's Uptown Renaissance Experience, E897 [1MY]
Heritage Watch—Breaking the Silence, E2146 [16OC]
Increasing Diversity in Higher Ed Faculty Remains a Challenge, E1431 [28JN]
Jane Bolin, the Country's First Black Woman To Become a Judge, Is Dead at 98, E155 [19JA]
Legacy of Little Rock—Fifty Years Ago, He and 8 Others Became the Faces of Integration. Now He Is a Sign of Its Success, E2049 [2OC]
Little Rock Reminder—Nine Pioneers Showed Why School Integration Matters, E2048 [2OC]
Little Rock School Board Has First Black Majority, E272 [6FE]
Martin Luther King Papers Go on Display, H527 [16JA]
N-Word and Black History—Why It Should Be Banned, E554 [15MR]
Panel Suggests Brown U. Atone for Ties to Slavery, E286 [7FE]
Political Contributions of a Great Son of the Caribbean, Polemics of Garvey's Ideology Garveyism Is ``Black Action-Oriented'' and Just as Applicable Today—An Analysis, E562 [15MR]
Quest To Keep King's Legacy Alive, H526 [16JA]
Racial Slur That Causes Black Nanny To Cringe, Why New York Council May Ban Use of N-Word, E553 [15MR]
Richard D. Gidron Is Dead at 68; Ran an Empire of Car Dealerships, E2152 [16OC]
Wilfred G. Gooden, 84, a Real Estate Developer, Philanthropist, Civic and Political Activist, E195 [29JA]
Bills and resolutions
African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 180), H7433 [28JN]
Ali, Muhammad: tribute (see H. Res. 58), H515 [12JA]
Amistad (Freedom Schooner): tribute to transatlantic voyage to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom (see S. Res. 258), S8611 [27JN] (see H. Res. 522), H7340 [27JN]
Bearden, Romare H.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 212), H10433 [17SE]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 198), H1968 [27FE]
Boston, MA: tribute to celebration of the legacy of the Little Rock Nine and the anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. Res. 355), S13365 [24OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen (see S. Con. Res. 15), S2488 [1MR] (see H. Con. Res. 78), H2165 [5MR]
———provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see S. 1679), S8231 [21JN] (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]
Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 622), H835 [22JA]
Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see H.R. 998), H1471 [12FE]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S6399 [21MY] (see H.R. 2040), H4175 [25AP]
Colleges and universities: increase limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by designated bonding authority for historically Black colleges and universities capital financing (see H.R. 4154), H13858 [13NO]
Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H111 [5JA]
Davis, Ossie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4834), H16833 [18DE]
Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 2403), H5531 [21MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination (see S. 515), S1709 [7FE] (see S. 1989), S10901 [3AU] (see H.R. 3073), H8120 [18JY]
———provide mechanism for determination of claims by claimants who met the class criteria in a racial discrimination civil action but were denied that determination (see H.R. 899), H1343 [7FE]
———reopen filing of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (see H.R. 558), H758 [18JA]
Dept. of Education: reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (see S. 1592), S7544 [12JN] (see H.R. 2707), H6404 [13JN]
Dept. of the Interior: recognize Langston golf course in Washington, DC, for important legacy and contributions to African-American golf history (see H. Res. 899), H16949 [19DE]
———study the suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in Clinton, TN, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 2207), S13152 [19OC] (see H.R. 2695), H6403 [13JN]
Discrimination: provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 2100), H4292 [1MY]
Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 1031), H1564 [13FE]
———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 1030), H1564 [13FE]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 2210), H4627 [8MY]
———urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see S. Res. 335), S12287 [27SE] (see H. Res. 288), H3362 [29MR]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (see H.R. 1734), H3278 [28MR]
Dungy, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 225), H2302 [7MR]
Dunham, Katherine: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H10434 [17SE]
Education: authorize grant programs to enhance access of low-income Black students to higher education (see S. 1513), S6845 [24MY] (see H.R. 4216), H14081 [15NO]
———establish digital and wireless networks to advance online higher education opportunities for minority students (see S. 639), S2023 [15FE]
———track student growth and teacher performance, equitably distribute effective teachers, accurately measure achievement of minority students, and develop voluntary testing standards (see S. 2001), S10902 [3AU]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 183), H1896 [16FE]
Florida A&M University: tribute to Marching 100 Band (see H. Res. 255), H2671 [19MR]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: extend time limit of authority to establish a memorial and gardens in the District of Columbia area to honor Frederick Douglass (see H.R. 3935), H11933 [23OC]
Garvey, Marcus M.: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 24), H343 [10JA]
Gibbons, Pasqualine J.: correct the unfair passing over for promotion to grade of technical sergeant during World War II (see H. Res. 434), H5724 [23MY]
Gibson, Althea: tribute (see H. Res. 707), H11171 [2OC]
Hamer, Fannie Lou Townsend: tribute (see H. Res. 206), H2039 [28FE] (see H. Res. 221), H2302 [7MR]
Hampton, Lionel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H3399 [16AP]
Higher Education Act: provide a temporary waiver for undergraduate historically Black colleges and universities located in an area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster (see H.R. 3946), H11934 [23OC]
Hill, Oliver W.: tribute (see S. Res. 161), S4676 [18AP]
Hillary, Barbara: tribute to first African American woman to reach the North Pole (see H. Res. 466), H6110 [6JN]
History: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see H. Res. 194), H1968 [27FE]
———commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (see H. Res. 272), H3080 [26MR]
Horne, Lena: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 167), H6235 [11JN]
Hurston, Zora Neale: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 59), H1272 [6FE]
Johnson, Arva (Marie): tribute (see H. Res. 144), H1416 [8FE]
Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 214), H10510 [18SE]
Jordan, Barbara: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Res. 269), S9135 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 275), H16949 [19DE]
Julian, Percy L.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 5), S1411 [31JA] (see H. Con. Res. 34), H759 [18JA]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 231), S7545 [12JN] (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5723 [23MY]
Kansas City, MO: recognize founding of Negro Leagues (see H. Con. Res. 84), H2302 [7MR] (see H. Con. Res. 114), H3475 [17AP]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see S. 2481), S15460 [13DE] (see H.R. 4611), H15466 [13DE]
———provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 258), H121 [5JA]
Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. Res. 301), S10902 [3AU] (see H. Res. 668), H10696 [20SE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see S. Res. 29), S509 [12JA] (see H. Res. 61), H515 [12JA]
Members of Congress: display within the Capitol Visitor Center an exhibit depicting the contributions of African Americans who served in Congress during Reconstruction and Post Reconstruction Eras (see H.R. 47), H112 [5JA]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (see S. Res. 165), S4841 [23AP] (see H. Res. 328), H3777 [23AP]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1576), S7332 [7JN] (see H.R. 3014), H7774 [12JY] (see H.R. 3333), H9654 [2AU]
———recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 140), H4486 [3MY]
Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1317), S5655 [7MY]
———tribute (see H. Res. 132), H1272 [6FE]
Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (see S. Res. 69), S1576 [5FE] (see H. Res. 120), H1152 [31JA]
NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 10), S1848 [12FE] (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction archival research database and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 390), H342 [10JA]
———establish a servitude and emancipation archival research database (see S. 295), S578 [16JA] (see H.R. 439), H513 [12JA]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 35), H759 [18JA]
National Football League: congratulate Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy on becoming the first African-American head coaches to qualify for the Super Bowl (see H. Res. 90), H886 [23JA]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 291), S10605 [1AU] (see H. Res. 135), H1344 [7FE]
National Mall Liberty Fund D.C., Inc.: authorize a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and others that fought for independence during the American Revolution (see S. 1051), S4160 [29MR] (see H.R. 1693), H3080 [26MR]
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act: provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act (see S. 1709), S8610 [27JN] (see H.R. 1239), H2037 [28FE]
National Urban League: authorize appropriations for assistance (see H.R. 4051), H12454 [1NO]
New York, NY: establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center (see S. 748), S2559 [2MR] (see H.R. 1455), H2399 [9MR]
———tribute to New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for educating Americans about the African-American migration (see H. Con. Res. 57), H1271 [6FE]
1901 Missouri African American Expulsion Commission: establish (see H.R. 2030), H4175 [25AP]
NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 291), S509 [12JA] (see S. 315), S671 [17JA] (see S. 1650), S7887 [19JN] (see S. 1857), S9774 [23JY] (see H.R. 694), H943 [24JA]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. 1713), S8610 [27JN] (see S. Con. Res. 44), S11505 [12SE] (see H.R. 18), H111 [5JA] (see H. Con. Res. 108), H3361 [29MR]
Patrick, Deval: tribute (see S. Res. 88), S2355 [28FE]
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 26), H343 [10JA]
Racial relations: investigate and prosecute the hanging of nooses for the purpose of intimidation (see S. Res. 396), S15031 [7DE]
Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 297), H3399 [16AP]
Robinson, Eddie G.: tribute (see S. Res. 143), S4305 [10AP]
Robinson, Jackie: tribute (see S. Res. 152), S4600 [17AP] (see H. Res. 308), H3475 [17AP]
Robinson, (Sugar) Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 359), H4292 [1MY]
Schomburg, Arthur: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 56), H1271 [6FE]
Shabazz, Betty: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 141), H4486 [3MY]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 46), S11586 [17SE] (see H. Con. Res. 210), H10433 [17SE]
Small business: foster development of minority-owned small businesses (see S. 98), S38 [4JA] (see H.R. 1985), H3723 [20AP]
Sports: recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (see S. Con. Res. 29), S5184 [26AP] (see H. Res. 162), H1668 [14FE]
Stokes, Carl B.: tribute (see S. Res. 383), S14488 [15NO] (see H. Res. 827), H13959 [14NO]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S. (see H. Res. 431), H5724 [23MY]
Texas Southern University: tribute to establishment of Andrew L. Jefferson Endowment for Trial Advocacy at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law (see H. Res. 31), H123 [5JA]
Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (see H.R. 3432), H9707 [3AU]
Vallejo County, CA: tribute to Mare Island Original 21ers on efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (see H. Con. Res. 31), H515 [12JA]
Virginia State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 182), H1896 [16FE]
Walker, C.J.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 58), H1271 [6FE]
White, George H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 705), H986 [29JA]
Willye B. White Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2025), H4174 [25AP]
York: recognize and honor role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (see H. Res. 151), H1416 [8FE]
Biographies
Brooke, Edward W., III: ABA, E324 [12FE]
Excerpts
Letter from Birmingham jail: Martin Luther King, Jr., E170 [22JA]
Letters
History of WDAS-Radio (Philadelphia, PA): Wynne Alexander, E2185 [18OC]
Nomination of Leslie H. Southwick to be circuit judge: Representatives Kilpatrick and Bennie G. Thompson, Congressional Black Caucus, S13245 [23OC]
Lists
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson's Science and Technology Braintrust—Education and Skills Needed For the Digital to Innovation Age panelists, H11057 [1OC]
Obituaries
Dorothea Towles Church, Black Model in 1950's Paris, E1610 [24JY]
Remarks in House
African American Association: anniversary, E824 [23AP]
African American Association of Georgia: tribute, E1721 [3AU]
Ali, Muhammad: tribute (H. Res. 58), H584-H587, H638 [17JA], E141 [18JA], E151 [19JA], E230 [1FE]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: anniversary, E2590 [18DE]
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: tribute to Zeta Psi Lambda chapter, E254 [5FE]
Amistad (Freedom Schooner): tribute to transatlantic voyage to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom, E1305 [15JN]
Arizona: anniversary of Project Portable Practical Education Preparation, E1878 [14SE]
Baltimore, MD: tribute to Sewell family reunion, E1762 [4AU]
Bell, Mychal: Federal Court of Appeals decision to overturn conviction for aggravated battery, H10497 [18SE]
Black History Month: observance, H1400 [8FE], H2011 [28FE], E252 [5FE], E269 [6FE], E420, E427 [28FE], E443 [1MR], E566 [15MR]
———observance (H. Res. 198), H1981 [28FE], H2416-H2418 [12MR], E418 [28FE], E564 [15MR], E1203 [6JN]
Black Music Month: observance, E1399 [22JN]
Bolton, Linda Burnes: American Organization of Nurse Executives Lifetime Achievement award recipient, E709 [30MR]
Brazzell, Sharnisha: Tuskegee Scholarship recipient, E1262 [12JN]
Brown University: recommendation of Committee on Slavery and Justice to make amends for slavery by building a memorial, creating a center for the study of slavery and injustice, and increasing efforts to recruit minority students, E285 [7FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda, H2181 [6MR], E369 [15FE]
———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen (S. Con. Res. 15), H2198-H2200 [6MR], E486 [8MR]
———provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall, H6975, H6977 [22JN]
———provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (H.R. 3315), H13529-H13535, H13836-H13839 [13NO], E2425, E2447 [15NO]
———tribute to contributions of labor and service, E326 [12FE]
Children and youth: control youth violence in schools and neighborhoods, H15445-H15449 [13DE]
Coleman, Carolyn Q.: NAACP Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient, E175, E179 [23JA]
Colleges and universities: commend efforts to encourage Black college students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, E1637 [27JY]
———increase limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by designated bonding authority for historically Black colleges and universities capital financing (H.R. 4154), H13826-H13828 [13NO]
Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (H.R. 40), E11 [5JA]
Congress: tribute to African-American Members of Congress, E391 [17FE]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3266-H3268 [28MR], H3291-H3300, H3306, H3328, H3330 [29MR]
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: tribute to legislative conference, H11050-H11057 [1OC], E2145 [16OC]
Danbury, CT: anniversary of Greater Danbury branch of NAACP, E2330 [6NO]
Dayton, OH: tribute to NAACP Youth Council, E1062 [16MY]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary of Greater Cleveland, OH, Alumnae Chapter, E1017 [10MY]
———tribute to Brooklyn, NY, Alumnae Chapter, E93 [12JA]
Dept. of Defense: intensify efforts to publicize and award scholarships to students attending historically Black colleges and universities, H5259 [16MY]
Dept. of Education: enforce Civil Rights Act relative to historically Black colleges and universities, H4412 [2MY]
———historically Black colleges and universities funding, H8045-H8047 [18JY]
———reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (H.R. 2707), H8882-H8884 [30JY], E1677 [1AU], E1693 [2AU], E1743 [4AU]
Dept. of HHS: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding, H7828 [16JY]
———Minority AIDS Initiative funding, H1313, H1315 [7FE]
Dept. of HUD: address eligibility for housing assistance funding of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma pending court decision on the Cherokee citizenship of Cherokee Freedman, H10184, H10185 [6SE]
———prohibit housing assistance funding for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma until all Cherokee Freedman and their descendants are recognized as citizens of the Cherokee Nation, H10184 [6SE]
Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (H.R. 1031), H3766 [23AP], E360 [15FE]
———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (H.R. 1030), H3766 [23AP]
———HIV/AIDS prevention and testing funding, H7830, H7833 [16JY]
———provide life-saving care for individuals with HIV/AIDS, H3763, H3766 [23AP]
———provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities, H3761 [23AP]
District of Columbia: tribute to Black Pride Festival, E1086 [17MY]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: designate (H.R. 1734), E683 [28MR]
Education: improve graduation rates of minority students, H8117 [18JY]
Elyria, OH: tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service, E87 [12JA]
EPA: utilize land grant institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions among resources to undertake research, H1362 [8FE]
Firearms: gun control, H3764 [23AP], H7828 [16JY]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (H. Res. 183), E393 [17FE]
Flintridge Foundation: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation Community Award recipient, E1204 [6JN]
Florida: anniversary of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1789 [4SE]
Garrett, Mike: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation Leadership Award recipient, E1206 [6JN]
Garvey, Marcus M.: pardon (H. Con. Res. 24), E561 [15MR], E1716 [3AU]
Gibson, Althea: tribute (H. Res. 707), E2044 [2OC]
Head Start Program: create a partnership with historically Black colleges and universities to increase the number of African-American Head Start teachers, H4353, H4354 [2MY]
Health: health care disparities, H7826-H7834 [16JY]
———prevent obesity in minority children, H7830, H7833 [16JY]
History: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (H. Res. 194), H1900 [27FE], H3282 [29MR], H4238 [1MY], H6666 [19JN]
———commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (H. Res. 272), H4232-H4238, H4241 [1MY], E925, E932 [2MY], E968 [7MY]
Housing: eliminate predatory mortgage lending practices targeting minority communities, H12716, H12717 [5NO]
Hunt, Stephanie: Mrs. United States pageant winner, E1607 [24JY]
Imus, Don: comments relative to Rutgers University women's basketball team, H3440, H3444, H3447, H3448 [17AP], E839 [24AP]
Jena, LA: charging of African American students as adults in beating of white schoolmate, H10497 [18SE], H10599 [19SE], H10629 [20SE], H10737, H10740-H10745 [24SE], H10886 [25SE], E1960 [24SE]
Julian, Percy L.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 34), H1007-H1009 [30JA], E245 [1FE], E252, E254 [5FE]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, H6666, H6725, H6726 [19JN]
———observance (H. Con. Res. 155), H6592, H6593 [18JN], E1346, E1350 [20JN], E1389 [22JN]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (H.R. 4611), E2576 [13DE]
Lincoln, Abraham: interpretation of role in emancipation of the slaves, H13836-H13839 [13NO]
Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, E2048 [2OC]
———anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H. Res. 668), H10724-H10727, H10737 [24SE], E1944 [20SE], E1967 [25SE]
———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, H11620 [16OC], H12209 [30OC], H15321 [12DE]
———tribute to Little Rock School Board, E272 [6FE]
Louisville, KY: tribute to Central High School football team, H15444 [13DE]
Lubbock (TX) Southwest Digest: anniversary, E1834 [7SE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, H505 [12JA], H775 [19JA], E67 [10JA], E92, E96, E99 [12JA], E109 [16JA]
———observance (H. Res. 61), H519-H532, H547, H561-H565 [16JA], E137 [18JA], E153 [19JA], E170 [22JA]
Mason, Mel: NAACP Stephen E. Ross award recipient, E2193 [22OC]
Millburn Township, NJ: anniversary of Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, E255 [5FE]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (H. Res. 328), H3743-H3755 [23AP], H4199 [26AP], E843, E847, E849, E850 [24AP], E856, E857 [25AP], E869, E870, E882 [26AP], E888 [30AP], E897, E905, E906 [1MY], E1064 [16MY]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H7824, H7828, H7832, H7833 [16JY]
———improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3014), H8124 [19JY]
———recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (H. Con. Res. 140), H10730-H10732 [24SE]
Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (H. Res. 120), H1288-H1291 [7FE]
Myrtle Beach, SC: anniversary of Mount Olive African Methodist Church, E2278 [30OC]
NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 44), H1433-H1436 [12FE], E333 [13FE], E353, E354, E357 [15FE], E409 [27FE]
NASA: Minority University Research and Education Programs funding, H8472, H8473 [25JY]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction archival research database and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (H.R. 390), H805-H807 [22JA], E79 [11JA]
———establish a servitude and emancipation archival research database (H.R. 439), E103 [12JA]
National Association for Black Veterans: tribute, E2013 [27SE]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, H1308, H1311, H1315 [7FE]
———support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 35), H1162-H1167, H1170, H1177 [5FE], E280, E292 [7FE]
National Football League: congratulate Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy on becoming the first African-American head coaches to qualify for the Super Bowl (H. Res. 90), H1014-H1018 [30JA], E300 [9FE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, E1888 [17SE], E1977 [25SE]
National Minority Health Month: observance, H3758-H3767 [23AP], E826 [23AP]
National Newspaper Publishers Association, Inc.: anniversary of the Black Press, E525 [12MR]
National Park Service: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program funding, H7100 [26JN]
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act: provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act (H.R. 1239), H8203, H8204 [23JY], E427 [28FE], E1608 [24JY], E1617 [25JY]
National Urban League: tribute to the Incentive to Excel and Succeed Program, E1849 [10SE]
New Jersey: anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr., Parade and Scholarship Committee, E2253 [25OC]
New York, NY: anniversary of New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, E375 [16FE]
———anniversary of New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Africana Heritage Awards Gala, E462 [5MR]
———City Council moratorium on use of certain racial slur, E553 [15MR]
———tribute to African Day Parade and Street Festival, E1772 [4AU]
———tribute to New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, E2146 [16OC]
———tribute to Uptown Renaissance Restaurant in Harlem, E896 [1MY]
Newark, NJ: tribute to Newark Public Library Black History Month exhibit, E216 [30JA]
Newark Eagles (baseball team): tribute, E1891 [17SE]
NSF: disseminate information about the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to historically Black colleges and maintain information on teaching opportunities in high needs schools, H3820, H3821 [24AP]
———provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (H.R. 694), H10021-H10023 [4SE], E1797 [5SE], E1813 [6SE], E1854 [10SE], E1860 [11SE]
Ottley, Athneil C. (Addie): African American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame Executive of the Year award recipient, E2058 [3OC]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal, H16796 [18DE]
Racial relations: improve, H10162 [6SE]
Robinson, Jackie: tribute (H. Res. 308), E764 [17AP]
Robinson, (Sugar) Ray: tribute (H. Res. 359), E944 [3MY]
San Diego, CA: tribute to Tri-Caucus Health Disparities Summit, H8124 [19JY]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 210), H10706, H10707 [24SE]
Siegan, Bernard: characterization by Lawrence Tribe relative to support of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H7763 [12JY]
Small business: foster development of minority-owned small businesses (H.R. 1985), E828 [23AP]
South Carolina: prohibit funding for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Initiative, H7878, H7879 [17JY]
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (organization): anniversary, H8958 [30JY], E1647, E1650 [30JY], E1661 [31JY], E1676 [1AU], E1777, E1778 [4AU]
Sports: recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (H. Res. 162), H2200-H2202 [6MR], E534 [13MR], E544 [14MR], E596 [21MR]
St. Clair, Arthur: Brooksville, FL, Great Brooksvillian of the Year award recipient, E2115 [10OC]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S. (H. Res. 431), H6187-H6189 [11JN]
Texas Western University: induction of 1966 championship basketball team into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, E1835 [7SE]
Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 3432), H11103-H11107 [2OC], E2059 [3OC], E2105, E2110 [10OC]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal, H3340 [29MR], E356 [15FE], E388 [17FE], E664, E674 [28MR], E709, E718 [30MR], E864 [26AP], E1047 [15MY], E1237 [11JN]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: investigation of racial incidents, E2067 [4OC]
Vallejo, CA: tribute to Mare Island Original 21ers on efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, E13 [5JA]
———tribute to Mare Island Original 21ers on efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (H. Con. Res. 31), H536-H538 [16JA], E135 [17JA]
Virginia State University: anniversary (H. Res. 182), H2197, H2198 [6MR]
WDAS-Radio (Philadelphia, PA): tribute, E2185 [18OC]
Willye B. White Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (H.R. 2025), H4924-H4926 [14MY]
World War II: tribute to 761st Tank Battalion, E374 [16FE]
———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen, E421 [28FE], E698 [30MR], E2161 [17OC]
Wright, Robert L.: Boy Scouts of America's Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E1905 [18SE]
Remarks in Senate
Amistad (Freedom Schooner): tribute to transatlantic voyage to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom (S. Res. 258), S13134 [18OC]
Black History Month: observance, S1517 [1FE], S1899 [13FE], S1956 [14FE], S2016-S2018 [15FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda, S2017 [15FE]
———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen (S. Con. Res. 15), S2662 [6MR]
———provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (H.R. 3315), S15000 [6DE]
———provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (S. 1679), S14275 [13NO], S14568 [15NO]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (S. 1437), S6394, S6402 [21MY]
Colleges and universities: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities, S9733-S9736 [23JY], S9802 [24JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination (S. 515), S1713 [7FE]
Dept. of Education: historically Black colleges and universities funding, S9800 [24JY]
———Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program funding, S13049 [18OC]
Diseases: urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (S. Res. 335), S12293 [27SE]
Education: authorize grant programs to enhance access of low-income Black students to higher education (S. 1513), S6875 [24MY]
———establish digital and wireless networks to advance online higher education opportunities for minority students (S. 639), S2231 [26FE]
———track student growth and teacher performance, equitably distribute effective teachers, accurately measure achievement of minority students, and develop voluntary testing standards (S. 2001), S10908-S10931 [3AU]
Hill, Oliver W.: tribute (S. Res. 161), S4720, S4721 [18AP]
Housing: prohibit predatory mortgage lending practices, S14247 [13NO]
Jordan, Barbara: issue commemorative postage stamp (S. Res. 269), S9153 [12JY]
Julian, Percy L.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 34), S1542 [1FE]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, S8056 [20JN]
———observance (S. Res. 231), S7845, S7846 [19JN]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (S. 2481), S15470 [13DE]
Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, S12048 [25SE], S12279 [27SE]
———anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (S. Res. 301), S11278 [7SE], S11775-S11777 [20SE], S12021 [25SE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, S497, S504, S505 [12JA], S667 [17JA]
———observance (S. Res. 29), S572 [16JA], S1245 [26JA]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (S. Res. 165), S4861 [23AP]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (S. 1576), S7350-S7353 [7JN]
Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (S. Res. 69), S2219 [17FE]
NAACP: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 10), S1869 [12FE], S7677 [13JN]
National Academy of Sciences: include historically Black colleges and universities in study on barriers to innovation, S5055 [25AP]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research database (S. 295), S596 [16JA]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 291), S10679 [1AU]
National Mall Liberty Fund D.C., Inc.: authorize a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and others that fought for independence during the American Revolution (S. 1051), S4184 [29MR]
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act: provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act (S. 1709), S8613 [27JN]
NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 1650), S8270 [21JN]
———provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 315), S678 [17JA]
Parks, Rosa: direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol, S2017 [15FE]
Patrick, Deval: tribute (S. Res. 88), S2372 [28FE]
Racial relations: investigate and prosecute the hanging of nooses for the purpose of intimidation (S. Res. 396), S15058 [10DE], S15704, S15705 [14DE]
Robinson, Eddie G.: tribute (S. Res. 143), S4235, S4314 [10AP]
Robinson, Jackie: tribute (S. Res. 152), S4621 [17AP]
Small business: foster development of minority-owned small businesses (S. 98), S105 [4JA]
Spelman College: tribute to science and technology programs, S5055 [25AP]
Sports: recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (S. Con. Res. 29), S5223 [26AP], S6000 [10MY]
Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 3432), S16055 [19DE]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal, S4042, S4043 [28MR]
Willye B. White Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (H.R. 2025), S10979 [3AU]
Reports filed
Financial Services Diversity Initiative: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Con. Res. 140) (H. Rept. 110-278), H8833, H9052 [30JY]
Investigate and Prosecute the Hanging of Nooses for the Purpose of Intimidation: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 396), S15460 [13DE]
Little Rock, AR, Central High School Desegregation Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 301), S11213 [6SE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 29), S1188 [25JA]
NAACP Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H. Con. Res. 44), S2487 [1MR]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 10), S2487 [1MR]
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act Provision of Additional Staff and Oversight of Funds: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1239) (H. Rept. 110-248), H8291 [23JY]
Provide That the Great Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center Shall Be Known as Emancipation Hall: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3315) (H. Rept. 110-436), H13411 [8NO]
Recognition of the African American Spiritual as a National Treasure: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 69), S2022 [15FE]
Tribute to Amistad (Freedom Schooner) Transatlantic Voyage To Commemorate the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 258), S12285 [27SE]
Tribute to Percy L. Julian: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H. Con. Res. 34) (H. Rept. 110-4), H986 [29JA]
Willye B. White Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2025), S10603 [1AU]
Resolutions by organizations
Recognizing the Service of U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black: Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus, S7539 [12JN]
Statements
Accomplishments of Henry M. Thomas III: Representative Neal, E241 [1FE]
Experiences as a Tuskegee Airman: Matthew W. Plummer, E693 [29MR]
Summaries
All Students Can Achieve Act (S. 2001), S10928 [3AU]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 31, tribute to Mare Island Original 21ers on efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, H536 [16JA]
H. Con. Res. 34, tribute to Percy L. Julian, H1007 [30JA]
H. Con. Res. 35, support goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, H1162 [5FE]
H. Con. Res. 44, NAACP anniversary, H1433 [12FE]
H. Con. Res. 140, Financial Services Diversity Initiative, H10730 [24SE]
H. Con. Res. 155, Juneteenth Independence Day, H6592 [18JN]
H. Con. Res. 210, support goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, H10706 [24SE]
H. Res. 58, tribute to Muhammad Ali, H584 [17JA]
H. Res. 61, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, H519 [16JA]
H. Res. 90, congratulate Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy on becoming the first African-American head coaches to qualify for the Super Bowl, H1014 [30JA]
H. Res. 120, recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure, H1288 [7FE]
H. Res. 162, recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players, H2200 [6MR]
H. Res. 182, Virginia State University anniversary, H2197 [6MR]
H. Res. 198, Black History Month, H2416 [12MR]
H. Res. 272, commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, H4233 [1MY]
H. Res. 328, tribute to Juanita Millender-McDonald, H3743 [23AP]
H. Res. 431, anniversary of Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S., H6187 [11JN]
H. Res. 668, Little Rock, AR, Central High School desegregation anniversary, H10724 [24SE]
H.R. 390, establish a National Archives and Records Administration servitude and emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction archival research database and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases, H805 [22JA]
H.R. 694, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act, H10021 [4SE]
H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act provision of additional staff and oversight of funds, H8203 [23JY]
H.R. 2025, Willye B. White Post Office Building, Chicago, IL, H4924 [14MY]
H.R. 2707, Dept. of Education Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program reauthorization, H8882 [30JY]
H.R. 3315, provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall, H13529 [13NO]
H.R. 3432, Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act, H11103-H11105 [2OC]
H.R. 4154, increase limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by designated bonding authority for historically Black colleges and universities capital financing, H13826 [13NO]
S. 98, Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act, S106-S108 [4JA]
S. 639, ED 1.0 Act, S2231 [26FE]
S. 1679, provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall, S14568 [15NO]
S. 2001, All Students Can Achieve Act, S10909-S10928 [3AU]
S. 2481, End Racial Profiling Act, S15471-S15474 [13DE]
S. Con. Res. 5, tribute to Percy L. Julian, S1463 [31JA]
S. Con. Res. 10, NAACP anniversary, S1869 [12FE]
S. Con. Res. 15, permit use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen, S2516 [1MR], S2662 [6MR], H2198 [6MR]
S. Con. Res. 29, recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players, S5223 [26AP], S6000 [10MY]
S. Con. Res. 44, issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Rosa Parks, S11514 [12SE]
S. Con. Res. 46, support goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, S11603 [17SE]
S. Res. 29, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, S521 [12JA], S1245 [26JA]
S. Res. 69, recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure, S1578 [5FE], S2219 [17FE]
S. Res. 88, tribute to Deval Patrick, S2372 [28FE]
S. Res. 143, tribute to Eddie G. Robinson, S4313, S4314 [10AP]
S. Res. 152, tribute to Jackie Robinson, S4618, S4621 [17AP]
S. Res. 161, tribute to Oliver W. Hill, S4701, S4721 [18AP]
S. Res. 165, tribute to Juanita Millender-McDonald, S4855, S4861 [23AP]
S. Res. 231, Juneteenth Independence Day, S7558 [12JN], S7846 [19JN]
S. Res. 258, tribute to transatlantic voyage of the Amistad (Freedom Schooner) to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom, S8621 [27JN], S13134 [18OC]
S. Res. 269, issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Barbara Jordan, S9153 [12JY]
S. Res. 291, National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, S10628, S10679 [1AU]
S. Res. 301, Little Rock, AR, Central High School desegregation anniversary, S10937 [3AU], S11279 [7SE]
S. Res. 335, urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men, S12293 [27SE]
S. Res. 355, tribute to Boston, MA, celebration of the legacy of the Little Rock Nine and the anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, S13366 [24OC]
S. Res. 383, tribute to Carl B. Stokes, S14499 [15NO]
S. Res. 396, investigate and prosecute the hanging of nooses for the purpose of intimidation, S15034 [7DE], S15704 [14DE]
Tributes
Garvey, Marcus M., E1716 [3AU]
King, Martin Luther, Jr., H499, H504 [12JA]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita, S4908 [24AP], H3742, H3771 [23AP], H3779-H3782, H3783 [24AP]