,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dha  ,,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      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and the        

,workforce  ,,resolution  ,recognizing  
the significance of ,black ,history     
,month4  ,whereas this year's theme for 
,black ,history ,month is ,civil ,rights
 in ,america2 ,whereas the first        
,africans were brought involuntarily to 
the shores of the ,americas as early as 
the #agth century2 ,whereas these       
,africans in ,america and their         
descendants are now known as            
,african-,americans2 ,whereas           
,african-,americans suffered enslavement
 and subsequently faced the injustices  
of lynch mobs1 segregation1 and denial  
of basic1 fundamental rights2 ,whereas  
despite slavery1 ,african-,americans in 
all walks of life have made significant 
contributions throughout the history of 
the ,united ,states1 including through  
the--  7#a7 writings of ,booker ,t4     
,washington1 ,phyllis ,wheatley1 ,james 
,baldwin1 ,toni ,morrison1 ,ralph       
,ellison1 ,zora ,neale ,hurston1 and    
,alex ,haley2  7#b7 music of ,mahalia   
,jackson1 ,billie ,holiday1 ,john       

,coltrane1 ,bessie ,smith1 and ,duke    
,ellington2  7#c7 resolve of athletes   
such as ,jackie ,robinson1 ,althea      
,gibson1 ,jesse ,owens1 ,wilma ,rudolph1
 and ,muhammad ,ali2  7#d7 scientific   
advancements of ,george ,washington     
,carver1 ,charles ,drew1 ,benjamin      
,banneker1 and ,mae ,jemison2  7#e7     
vision of leaders such as ,frederick    
,douglass1 ,mary ,mc,leod ,bethune1     
,thurgood ,marshall1 ,martin ,luther    
,king1 ,jr41 and ,shirley ,chisholm2 and
  7#f7 bravery of those who stood on the
 front lines in the battle against      
oppression1 such as ,sojourner ,truth1  
,fannie ,lou ,hammer1 and ,rosa ,parks2 
,whereas in the face of injustices1     
,united ,states citizens of good will   
and of all races distinguished          
themselves with their commitment to the 
noble ideals upon which the ,united     
,states was founded and courageously    
fought for the rights and freedom of    
,african-,americans2 ,whereas ,dr4      
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41 lived and  

died to make real these noble ideas2    
,whereas a memorial commemorating the   
life and ideals of ,dr4 ,martin ,luther 
,king1 ,jr41 was placed on the ,national
 ,mall for all people to observe his    
leadership in the struggle for freedom  
and truth2 ,whereas ,barack ,hussein    
,obama was elected and reelected the    
#ddth ,president of the ,united ,states1
 making him the first ,african-,american
 ,chief ,executive and overcoming one of
 the last great racial challenges in    
politics in this country2 ,whereas the  
birthdays of ,abraham ,lincoln and      
,frederick ,douglass inspired the       
creation of ,negro ,history ,week1 the  
precursor to ,black ,history ,month2    
,whereas ,negro ,history ,week          
represented the culmination of ,dr4     
,carter ,g4 ,woodson's efforts to       
enhance knowledge of ,black history     
started through the ,journal of ,negro  
,history1 published by ,woodson's       
,association for the ,study of          
,african-,american ,life and ,history2  

and ,whereas the month of ,february is  
officially celebrated as ,black ,history
 ,month1 which dates back to #aibf1 when
 ,dr4 ,carter ,g4 ,woodson set aside a  
special period of time in ,february to  
recognize the heritage and achievement  
of ,black ,americans3 ,now1 therefore1  
be it  ,that the ,house of              
,representatives--  7#a7 recognizes the 
significance of ,black ,history ,month  
as an important time to acknowledge and 
celebrate the contributions of          
,african-,americans in the ,nation's    
history1 and encourages the continued   
celebration of this month to provide an 
opportunity for all peoples of the      
,united ,states to learn more about the 
past and to better understand the       
experiences that have shaped the        
,nation2  7#b7 recognizes that ethnic   
and racial diversity of the ,united     
,states enriches and strengthens the    
,nation2 and  7#c7 encourages all       
,states to include in their year-round  
educational curriculum the history and  

contributions of ,african-,americans in 
the ,united ,states and around the      
world4