Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in during Black History Month.
Civil Rights History: Honoring the Greensboro Four
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Key Points
- This resolution, introduced by Representative Adams and several colleagues, honors the four Black college students who started the famous lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960.
- The proposal recognizes how their peaceful protest against racial segregation inspired over 700,000 people to join similar movements across the country, leading to thousands of arrests but eventually ending "whites-only" service at many businesses.
- The resolution encourages states to include the story of these four men and the civil rights movement in their school lessons so future generations understand their impact on American history.
- Because this is a simple resolution, it is a formal way for the House of Representatives to express an opinion or mark an anniversary; it does not change any laws or provide any government funding.
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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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Official Title
Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in during Black History Month.
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