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,h4 ,,res4 #fcd  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,augu/ #e1 #bjbe,mr4  
,gre5 ( ,texas submitt$ ! foll[+        
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,ov]sight & ,gov]nm5t ,re=m         
,,resolution  ,recogniz+ =m] ,texas     
,/ate ,repres5tative ,al ,edw>ds z !    
fa!r ( ,junete5? & %[+ appreciation =   
successfully pass+ ,texas ,h\se ,bill   
#ajaf1 mak+ ,texas ! fir/ ,/ate to      
recognize ,junete5? 7,june #ai7 z an    
(ficial ,/ate holiday4  ,:]eas ,al      
,edw>ds 0 ! fir/ legislator to pass     
legislation mak+ ,junete5? 7,june #ai7 a
 ,/ate holiday2 ,:]eas ,alb]t ,ely ,al  
,edw>ds 0 a civil rights activi/ & =m]  
,texas h\se memb] ( ! ,texas            
,legislature1 s]v+ 9 ! legislature f    
#aigh to #bjjg & !n f #bjji to #bjaa2   
,:]eas ,al ,edw>ds 0 born on ,m>* #ai1  
#aicg1 z ! six? *ild ( ,rev4 ,e4,l4     
,edw>ds1 ,sr41 & ,joseph9e ,rad=d       
,edw>ds2 ,:]eas ,al ,edw>ds d$icat$ 8   
c>e] to *ampion+ human rights causes1   

su* z mak+ ,am]icans aw>e ( !           
significance ( ,june #ai1 #ahfe1 lat]   
kn[n z ,junete5?2 ,:]eas1 :ile s]v+ 9 ! 
,texas ,legislature1 ,al ,edw>ds s]v$ z 
! ,texas ,/ate ,director = ,rev]5d      
,jesse ,jackson's ,presid5tial campaigns
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also f\nd$ ,op]ation ,ju/us1 a          
community-bas$ organization t s]v$ z a  
ref]ral s]vice = p]sons ) social        
problems & conc]ns2 ,:]eas1 9 #aihg1 he 
0 arre/$ & w5t to jail = peacefully     
prote/+ ! ap>!id regime 9 ,s\? ,africa2 
,:]eas1 ?r\gh\t 8 t5ure 9 ! ,/ate       
legislature1 ,al ,edw>ds s]v$ z !       
,*airman ( ! ,rules & ,resolutions      
,committee1 ,*airman ( ,budget &        
,ov]sight ( ! ,ways & ,means ,committee1
 & a memb] ( ! ,appropriations          
,committee2 ,:]eas he 0 elect$ !        
,*airman ( ! ,democratic ,national      
,committee's ,black ,caucus & held t    
position = #f ye>s2 ,:]eas1 9 #aiii1 !  
,honorable ,al ,edw>ds 0 appo9t$        
,*airman ( ! ,texas ,emancipation       

,junete5? ,cultural & ,hi/orical        
,commission by !n-,gov]nor ,george ,w4  
,bu%2 ,:]eas ,al ,edw>ds is also ref]r$ 
to z ,mr4 ,junete5? because ( 8 tireless
 commitm5t to ! e/abli%m5t ( ,junete5? z
 a ,/ate holiday 9 ,texas ?r\gh ,texas  
,h\se ,bill #ajaf2 ,:]eas ,al ,edw>ds   
advocat$ = ,junete5?'s recognition      
nationwide ?r\gh "w ) ,/ate legislatures
 ov] 8 decades-long c>e]2 ,:]eas        
ultimately ,al ,edw>ds 0 successful 9   
creat+ a holiday :i* recognizes ! day   
enslav$ individuals 9 ,texas 7 notifi$ (
 _! newf\nd fre$om2 ,:]eas today        
,junete5? is recogniz$ z a ,f$]al       
holiday & is celebrat$ by millions      
nationwide2 & ,:]eas1 because ,al       
,edw>ds laid ! f\ndation = ,junete5?    
becom+ a ,f$]al holiday1 we resolve to  
recognize him z ! fa!r ( ,junete5?3 ,n[1
 !re=e1 be x #a4 ,%ort title ,?is       
resolution may be cit$ z ,! ,orig9al    
,resolution ,recogniz+ ,al ,edw>ds z !  
,fa!r ( ,junete5?4  #b4 ,recognition &  
appreciation ,! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives 

recognizes =m] ,texas ,/ate             
,repres5tative ,al ,edw>ds z ! fa!r (   
,junete5? & %[s appreciation = 8        
extraord9>y "w to g>n] recognition = !  
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