,,iv  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #c  ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #c1   
#bjag,mr4 ,al ,green of ,texas submitted
 the following concurrent resolution2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,concurrent            
,,resolution  ,recognizing former       
,united ,states ,federal ,judge ,frank  
,minis ,johnson1 ,jr41 for his role in  
the civil rights movement4  ,whereas    
,judge ,johnson served bravely in the   
armed forces during ,world ,war ,,ii    
before pursuing a legal career2 ,whereas
 ,judge ,johnson served on the ,u4,s4   
,court of ,appeals for the ,fifth       
,circuit1 ,u4,s4 ,court of ,appeals for 
the ,eleventh ,circuit1 and the ,u4,s4  
,district ,court for the ,middle        
,district of ,alabama2 ,whereas in each 
capacity he courageously worked to      
advance the constitutional principles of
 freedom and equality2 ,whereas in      
#aief1 in his decision in ,browder v4   
,gayle1 ,judge ,johnson struck down the 

,alabama bus segregation laws1 assisting
 the leaders of the civil rights        
movement engaged in the ,montgomery ,bus
 ,boycott2 ,whereas in #aifa1 in his    
decision in ,gomillion v4 ,lightfoot1   
,judge ,johnson invalidated as a        
violation of the #aeth amendment an     
electoral plan setting the boundaries   
for the city of ,tuskegee1 ,alabama1    
that systematically excluded ,black     
voters2 ,whereas in #aifa1 in his       
decision in ,u4,s4 v4 ,alabama1 ,judge  
,johnson ordered that ,african-,american
 registration be evaluated as equally as
 the least qualified ,white applicant   
approved for the voting rolls2 ,whereas 
in #aifa1 in his decision in ,lewis v4  
,greyhound1 ,judge ,johnson ordered the 
desegregation of the bus facilities in  
the city of ,montgomery1 ,alabama2      
,whereas in #aifa1 in his decision in   
,u4,s4 v4 ,city of ,montgomery1 ,judge  
,johnson required the city of           
,montgomery1 ,alabama1 to surrender its 
voting registration records to the      

,department of ,justice so that they    
could determine ,african-,american voter
 registration2 ,whereas in #aifb1 in his
 decision in ,sim v4 ,frink1 ,judge     
,johnson required the ,state of ,alabama
 to reapportion ,state legislative      
districts to abide by the one man1 one  
vote principle2 ,whereas in #aifc1 in   
his decision in ,lee v4 ,macon ,county  
,board of ,education1 ,judge ,johnson   
ordered the desegregation of public     
schools in ,alabama1 the first statewide
 desegregation order of public schools  
in the ,nation2 ,whereas in #aife1 in   
his decision in ,williams v4 ,wallace1  
,judge ,johnson blocked ,governor       
,george ,wallace's prohibition in       
,alabama of the ,southern ,christian    
,leadership ,conference's ,selma to     
,montgomery march for voting rights2    
,whereas in #aiff1 in his decision in   
,white v4 ,crook1 ,judge ,johnson ruled 
that the ,state of ,alabama must grant  
,african-,americans the right to serve  
on juries2 ,whereas in #aigj1 in his    

decision in ,smith v4 ,,ymca of         
,montgomery1 ,judge ,johnson ordered the
 desegregation of the ,montgomery       
chapter of the ,,ymca2 ,whereas in      
#aigd1 in his decision in ,u4,s4 v4     
,dothard1 ,judge ,johnson ordered that  
the ,alabama ,department of ,public     
,safety stop systematically excluding   
,african-,americans from employment     
within its agency2 ,whereas in #aigd1 in
 his decision in ,doe v4 ,plyler1 ,judge
 ,johnson struck down a law that imposed
 a tuition of #a1jjj on the children of 
undocumented immigrants2 ,whereas in    
#aiie1 ,judge ,johnson1 in recognition  
of his decisions and service in pursuit 
of justice and equality for all1 was    
awarded the ,presidential ,medal of     
,freedom by ,president ,bill ,clinton2  
,whereas the insight and constitutional 
judgment of ,judge ,johnson was         
invaluable and aided the ,supreme ,court
 as it recognized the violations and    
injustices in the ,nation during the    
civil rights movement2 ,whereas the     

,supreme ,court upheld and utilized the 
wisdom from many of ,judge ,johnson's   
decisions2 and ,whereas it is evident   
that the civil rights movement would    
have been at a great disadvantage if    
someone without ,judge ,johnson's       
judicious temperament1 constitutional   
mindset1 and dedication to rule of law  
had served in his stead3 ,now1          
therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress       
recognizes former ,united ,states       
,federal ,judge ,frank ,minis ,johnson1 
,jr41 for his role in the civil rights  
movement4