,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #hd  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,february #aa1 #bjad ,mr4 ,al ,green of 
,texas 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4   
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 
,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mrs4         
,christensen1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new      
,york1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,ms4  
,edwards1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,ms4 ,fudge1   
,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4        
,hinojosa1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 
,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1
 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,lee of
 ,california1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 
,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,payne1 
,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4      
,rush1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4   
,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,thompson of  
,mississippi1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,ms4 ,wilson
 of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of     
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,conyers1  
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 and ,ms4 ,chu7      
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   

,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,honoring and
 praising the ,national ,association for
 the ,advancement of ,colored ,people on
 the occasion of its #ajeth anniversary4
  ,whereas the ,national ,association   
for the ,advancement of ,colored ,people
 7,,naacp71 originally known as the     
,national ,negro ,committee1 was founded
 in ,new ,york ,city on ,february #ab1  
#aiji1 the centennial of ,abraham       
,lincoln's birth1 by a multiracial group
 of activists who met in a national     
conference to discuss the civil and     
political rights of ,african-,americans2
 ,whereas the multiracial founders of   
the ,,naacp were a distinguished group  
of leaders in the struggle for human    
rights1 including ,ida ,wells-,barnett1 
,w4,e4,b4 ,du,bois1 ,henry ,moscowitz1  
,mary ,white ,ovington1 ,oswald         
,garrison ,villard1 and ,william        
,english ,walling2 ,whereas the ,,naacp 
is the oldest and largest civil rights  
organization in the ,united ,states2    

,whereas the ,,naacp ,national          
,headquarters is located in ,baltimore1 
,maryland2 ,whereas the mission of the  
,,naacp is to ensure the political1     
educational1 social1 and economic rights
 of all persons and to eliminate racial 
hatred and racial discrimination2       
,whereas the ,,naacp is committed to    
achieving its goals through nonviolence2
 ,whereas the ,,naacp advances its      
mission through reliance upon peaceful  
protest1 the petition1 the ballot1 and  
the courts1 and has been persistent in  
the use of legal and moral persuasion1  
even in the face of overt and violent   
racial hostility2 ,whereas the ,,naacp  
has used political pressure1 marches1   
demonstrations1 and effective lobbying  
to serve as the voice1 as well as the   
shield1 for minorities in the ,united   
,states2 ,whereas after years of        
fighting segregation in public schools1 
the ,,naacp1 under the leadership of    
,special ,counsel ,thurgood ,marshall1  
won one of its greatest legal victories 

in the ,supreme ,court's decision in    
,brown v4 ,board of ,education1 #cdg    
,u4,s4 #dhc 7#aied72 ,whereas in #aiee1 
,,naacp member ,rosa ,parks was arrested
 and fined for refusing to give up her  
seat on a segregated bus in ,montgomery1
 ,alabama1 an act of courage that would 
serve as the catalyst for the largest   
grassroots civil rights movement in the 
history of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas
 the ,,naacp was prominent in lobbying  
for the passage of the ,civil ,rights   
,acts of #aieg1 #aifj1 and #aifd1 the   
,voting ,rights ,act of #aife1 the      
,fannie ,lou ,hamer1 ,rosa ,parks1      
,coretta ,scott ,king1 ,csar ,e4 ,chvez1
 ,barbara ,c4 ,jordan1 ,william ,c4     
,velsquez1 and ,dr4 ,hector ,p4 ,garcia 
,voting ,rights ,act ,reauthorization   
and ,amendments ,act of #bjjf1 and the  
,fair ,housing ,act1 laws that ensured  
,government protection for legal        
victories achieved2 ,whereas in #bjje1  
the ,,naacp launched the ,disaster      
,relief ,fund to help hurricane         

survivors in ,louisiana1 ,mississippi1  
,texas1 ,florida1 and ,alabama to       
rebuild their lives2 ,whereas in the    
#aajth ,congress1 the ,,naacp was       
prominent in lobbying for the passage of
 ,h4 ,res4 #hbf1 whose resolved clause  
expresses that the hanging of nooses is 
a horrible act when used for the purpose
 of intimidation and which under certain
 circumstances can be criminal1 this    
conduct should be investigated          
thoroughly by ,federal authorities1 and 
any criminal violations should be       
vigorously prosecuted2 ,whereas in      
#bjjh1 the ,,naacp vigorously supported 
the passage of the ,emmett ,till        
,unsolved ,civil ,rights ,crime ,act of 
#bjjg1 a law that puts additional       
,federal resources into solving the     
heinous crimes that occurred in the     
early days of the civil rights struggle 
that remain unsolved and bringing those 
who perpetrated such crimes to justice2 
,whereas the ,,naacp has helped usher in
 the new millennium by charting a bold  

course1 beginning with the appointment  
of the organization's youngest          
,president and ,chief ,executive        
,officer1 ,benjamin ,todd ,jealous1 and 
its youngest female ,board ,chair1      
,roslyn ,m4 ,brock2 ,whereas under their
 leadership1 the ,,naacp has outlined a 
strategic plan to confront #bast century
 challenges in the critical areas of    
health1 education1 housing1 criminal    
justice1 and environment2 ,whereas1 on  
,july #af1 #bjji1 the ,,naacp celebrated
 its centennial anniversary in ,new     
,york ,city1 highlighting an            
extraordinary century of ,bold ,dreams1 
,big ,victories with a historic address 
from the first ,african-,american       
,president of the ,united ,states1      
,barack ,obama2 ,whereas as an advocate 
for sentencing reform1 the ,,naacp      
applauded the passage of the ,fair      
,sentencing ,act of #bjaj 7,public ,law 
#aaa-bbj2 #abd ,stat4 #bcgb71 a landmark
 piece of legislation that reduces the  
quantity of crack cocaine that triggers 

a mandatory minimum sentence for a      
,federal conviction of crack cocaine    
distribution from #ajj times that of    
people convicted of distributing the    
drug in powdered form to #ah times that 
sentence2 ,whereas in #bjaa1 the ,,naacp
 led the charge to defend the           
constitutional right to vote and to     
protect that right for all citizens of  
the ,united ,states1 whether they be    
seniors1 young voters1 the poor1 or from
 minority communities2 ,whereas in      
#bjac1 the ,,naacp signed a historic    
,memorandum of ,agreement with the      
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
7,,fema7 to put mechanisms in place to  
ensure that the needs of                
underrepresented communities are more   
fully integrated into future plans for  
disaster preparedness2 and ,whereas in  
#bjad1 the ,,naacp is a leader in the   
effort to strengthen the ,voting ,rights
 ,act and protect the principle of one  
person1 one vote3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that ,congress--  7#a7 recognizes the

 #ajeth anniversary of the historic     
founding of the ,national ,association  
for the ,advancement of ,colored        
,people2 and  7#b7 honors and praises   
the ,national ,association for the      
,advancement of ,colored ,people on the 
occasion of its anniversary for its work
 to ensure the political1 educational1  
social1 and economic rights of all      
persons4