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South Carolina General Assembly123rd Session, 2019-2020H. 5266STATUS INFORMATIONHouse ResolutionSponsors: Reps. Govan, Henegan, Alexander, Anderson, Bamberg, Brawley, Brown, Clyburn, Dillard, Garvin, Gilliard, Hart, HendersonMyers, Hosey, Howard, Jefferson, King, Mack, Matthews, McDaniel, McKnight, Moore, Parks, Pendarvis, Rivers, Robinson, Rutherford, Thigpen, Weeks, R.?Williams and S.?WilliamsDocument Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24355cm20.docxIntroduced in the House on February 20, 2020Adopted by the House on February 20, 2020Summary: Reverend Jesse JacksonHISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONSDateBodyAction Description with journal page number2/20/2020HouseIntroduced and adopted (House Journalpage?11)View the latest legislative information at the websiteVERSIONS OF THIS BILL2/20/2020A HOUSE RESOLUTIONTO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND JESSE JACKSON, RENOWNED AND REVERED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, AND TO WELCOME HIM HOME TO THE PALMETTO STATE.Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives take great pleasure in welcoming the illustrious native son Reverend Jesse Jackson as he visits the Palmetto State on Tuesday, February 25, 2020; andWhereas, born in Greenville, on October 8, 1941, he became involved in the civil rights movement while he was still in college; andWhereas, Reverend Jackson traveled to Selma, Alabama, to march with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and became a worker in Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference; andWhereas, he helped found the Chicago branch of Operation Breadbasket, and he is the founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, an organization whose mission is to protect, defend, and gain civil rights; andWhereas, in 1991, Reverend Jackson was elected as shadow senator of Washington, D.C., where he advocated for statehood and the Rainbow Agenda to insure critical concerns of minority students, faculty, and staff on university campuses; andWhereas, in 1997, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as “Special Envoy of the President and Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in Africa”; andWhereas, Reverend Jackson also founded the Wall Street Project which sought to increase minority opportunities in corporate America; andWhereas, having received more than forty honorary doctorate degrees for his work in human and civil rights and nonviolent social change, Reverend Jackson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000; andWhereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives deeply appreciates the efforts of Jesse Jackson to secure, protect, and defend the civil rights of minorities, and the members heartily welcome him as he visits his home State. Now, therefore,Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Reverend Jesse Jackson, renowned and revered civil rights leader throughout the United States and abroad, and welcome him home to the Palmetto State.Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Reverend Jesse Jackson.XX ................
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