,i #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #heba ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #bc1 #bjbd,mr4 ,beyer 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,williams of ,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,foushee1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 and ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,financial ,services ,a ,,bill ,to award a ,congressional ,gold ,medal to ,joan ,trumpauer ,mulholland in recognition of her unique and substantial contributions to ,american life through her life-long commitment to social justice and equality for all citizens1 exhibited both through direct action1 at great personal risk1 and through ongoing educational activities4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,joan ,trumpauer ,mulholland ,congressional ,gold ,medal ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,joan ,trumpauer ,mulholland was born on ,september #ad1 #aida1 in ,washington1 ,,dc1 to ,merle 7,chandler7 ,nelson of ,oconee1 ,georgia1 and ,ealton ,bud ,nelson of ,essex1 ,iowa1 and went on to directly challenge ,america's racial segregation practices in the ,american ,south during the student-led nonviolent civil rights movement of the early #aifjs and became a lifelong educator on the benefits of a multi-cultural1 pluralistic society4 7#b7 ,her expressed ,christian faith and understanding of ,america's founding documents led the young ,joan to believe1 that all men are created equal in the eyes of her ,creator as well as on the scales of ,justice4 ,as a #aj year old girl1 ,joan's eyes were opened to the extreme inequality of the races when1 while visiting her grandmother in rural ,georgia1 she came upon a dilapidated wooden shack that served as the schoolhouse for the community's ,black children and compared it to the newly constructed block and brick school for the community's ,white children4 ,she vowed then that if she ever had a chance1 she would work to change this separate but unequal system4 7#c7 ,joan graduated from ,annandale ,high ,school in ,northern ,virginia in the spring of #aiei and began attending ,duke ,university in ,durham1 ,north ,carolina1 that fall4 ,on ,february #a1 #aifj1 during her second semester at ,duke1 four young ,black college students entered ,woolworth's five and dime store in ,greensboro1 ,north ,carolina1 and challenged its segregated dining policy by sitting in at the ,whites-only lunch counter4 ,that event set off a nationwide reckoning over ,southern segregation practices4 ,when students from ,north ,carolina ,college visited her church to speak on their experiences challenging the established norms1 they invited those present to join the fight4 ,joan attended that presentation and decided this was her chance to help change things and immediately began sitting in with other like-minded students at downtown ,durham's five and dime stores1 leading to her first arrest4 ,she also joined the newly formed ,student ,non-,violent ,coordinating ,committee 7,,sncc7 and committed herself to working for racial equality through nonviolent means1 eventually working alongside such ,movement luminaries as ,john ,lewis1 ,julian ,bond1 ,robert ,moses1 ,fannie ,lou ,hamer1 and ,dorie and ,joyce ,ladner4 7#d7 ,during the summer of #aifj1 ,joan worked with a ,,dc-affiliate of ,,sncc1 the ,non-,violent ,action ,group1 to protest local segregation policies in the ,national ,capitol ,region1 integrating establishments in all #c locales1 including those in her own community of ,arlington1 ,virginia4 ,in addition1 ,joan joined the staff of ,senator ,clair ,engel of ,california and worked in his office on ,capitol ,hill until the ,freedom ,movement once again called for her deeper involvement4 7#e7 ,in the spring of #aifa1 ,joan joined the ,congress of ,racial ,equality 7,,core7 ,freedom ,rides1 working to integrate interstate travel facilities throughout the ,south4 ,,core sent her by plane to ,new ,orleans and then by train to ,jackson1 ,mississippi1 where she was arrested and placed first in local jails1 where she kept a secret diary of her experiences--now considered an important historical artifact of the ,freedom ,rider era4 ,after two weeks in local jails1 ,joan was sent to ,parchman ,penitentiary where she1 along with other committed activists1 was held on death row for challenging the established policies of segregation4 ,joan was held in the penitentiary for more than #fj days until she worked off her court fine and was released4 7#f7 ,in the fall of #aifa1 ,joan was accepted to the ,historically ,black ,tougaloo ,college on the outskirts of ,jackson to further her education as well as to continue challenging the existing segregated order4 ,she became the first full-time matriculating ,white student in the history of the college1 garnering headlines in national newspapers and magazines for what was then regarded as reverse integration4 ,also1 ,joan1 along with other ,freedom ,riders who decided to remain in ,jackson1 became part of the vanguard of the movement for civil and voting rights in the state of ,mississippi4 ,she helped form the ,non-,violent ,jackson ,movement1 which immediately began challenging segregation on city buses and in public buildings1 including courtrooms4 ,it became her mission to help the ,south move on from its polarized and self-defeating system of racial segregation and learn to build a more equitable social order4 7#g7 ,on ,april #f1 #aifc1 ,joan became a member of ,delta ,sigma ,theta ,sorority1 ,inc41 a ,black ,greek organization4 ,she is recognized as one of the first white members of the esteemed ,sorority4 7#h7 ,joan also committed herself more deeply to the non-violent philosophy of protest through her reading of works by ,henry ,david ,thoreau and ,mohandas ,gandhi4 ,joan's commitment to nonviolence was sorely tested during the ,may #bh1 #aifc1 ,jackson ,woolworth's sit-in1 which she joined after one of her classmates was knocked from his stool and brutally kicked by a violent bystander and then arrested by the police4 ,joan took his place at the counter and for the next two-and-a-half hours faced the ire of a gathering mob as they jeered and then punched1 pulled1 and assaulted the demonstrators1 dousing them with ketchup and mustard1 salt and sugar1 and calling them all manner of racist slurs as attempted to maintain their ,southern ,way of ,life4 ,joan and her colleagues held their positions at the counter and their refusal to strike back at those assaulting them won the hearts of many who saw the now-iconic photograph of the ,jackson sit-in and helped turn the tide in the fight for equal treatment of all ,americans4 7#i7 ,the ,jackson ,woolworth's sit-in triggered additional massive nonviolent demonstrations for civil rights within the city of ,jackson in which more than #a1jjj youth1 including ,joan1 were arrested for challenging segregation4 ,for her role in the ,jackson ,movement1 ,joan was targeted for death by the local ,ku ,klux ,klan1 as were a number of her colleagues1 including ,,naacp leader ,medgar ,evers1 who would1 indeed1 be assassinated two weeks to the day after the ,woolworth's sit in at his home in ,jackson4 ,during the summer of #aifc1 ,joan moved back to ,washington1 ,,dc1 where she attended ,evers's burial at ,arlington ,cemetery4 7#aj7 ,in all1 ,joan participated in more than three-dozen direct action campaigns throughout the ,south during her college years1 including those in ,rock ,hill1 ,south ,carolina and ,baltimore1 ,maryland1 before graduating from ,tougaloo ,college in the spring of #aifd and moving back to her native ,virginia to begin her adult life4 ,she started her working career as a clerk for the ,smithsonian ,institution before transferring to join the newly forming ,community ,relations ,service1 ,america's ,peacemaker1 first housed in the ,department of ,commerce and later with the ,department of ,justice4 ,during this time1 ,joan remained active in the civil rights field1 participating in the ,selma to ,montgomery ,march in #aife and in the ,march ,against ,fear in #aiff4 7#aa7 ,joan eventually married and left public service to start a family4 ,once her five boys were school-age1 ,joan rejoined the workforce as a teacher's assistant in the ,arlington ,county ,public ,schools1 where she became known for encouraging a multi-cultural approach to learning1 pulling from her many world travels and her knowledge of sociology to help immigrants appreciate their own cultures while helping them integrate into the ,american way of life4 ,after more than #cj years as an educator1 ,joan retired and embarked on a third career as a civil rights ambassador1 traveling the country talking about her experiences and encouraging others to get involved in public life to make a difference4 7#ab7 ,for her service in the ,civil ,rights ,movement and as an ambassador of nonviolence1 ,joan has been awarded many honors1 including the ,heroes ,against ,hate ,award from the ,anti-,defamation ,league1 the ,national ,civil ,rights ,museum's ,freedom ,award1 the ,international ,civil ,rights ,museum's ,trailblazer ,award1 the ,delta ,sigma ,theta ,sorority's ,award of ,honor1 and the ,simeon ,booker ,award for ,courage4 ,in ,february of #bjbc1 ,joan was honored by the ,virginia ,general ,assembly and was received on the ,floor of the ,virginia ,state ,senate for her inimitable role in the civil rights movement of the #aifjs and her ongoing commitment to educating others about equality and social justice4 ,in ,may of #bjbc1 she was awarded an honorary ,doctorate of ,humane ,letters by her alma mater1 ,tougaloo ,college1 for her service to humanity4 #c4 ,congressional gold medal 7a7 ,presentation authorization ,the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,president pro tempore of the ,senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation1 on behalf of the congress1 of a gold medal of appropriate design to ,joan ,trumpauer ,mulholland in recognition of her unique and substantial contributions to ,american life through her life-long commitment to social justice and equality for all citizens1 exhibited both through direct action1 at great personal risk1 and through ongoing educational activities4 7b7 ,design and striking ,for the purposes of the award referred to in subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the ,treasury 7hereafter in this ,act referred to as the ,secretary7 shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems1 devices1 and inscriptions1 to be determined by the ,secretary4 #d4 ,duplicate medals ,the ,secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section #c1 at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof1 including labor1 materials1 dies1 use of machinery1 and overhead expenses4 #e4 ,status of medals 7a7 ,national medals ,the medals struck pursuant to this ,act are national medals for purposes of chapter #ea of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4 7b7 ,numismatic items ,for purposes of sections #eacd and #eacf of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 all medals struck under this ,act shall be considered to be numismatic items4 #f4 ,authority to use fund amounts2 proceeds of sale 7a7 ,authority ,to use fund amounts ,there is authorized to be charged against the ,united ,states ,mint ,public ,enterprise ,fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the cost of the medals struck under this ,act4 7b7 ,proceeds of sale ,amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section #d shall be deposited into the ,united ,states ,mint ,public ,enterprise ,fund4