PRINTER'S NO. 2385
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
273
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SMITH-WADE-EL, BELLMON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FLEMING,
GIRAL, GREEN, KAZEEM, KHAN, MADSEN, MAYES, POWELL, SCOTT,
VENKAT, DONAHUE, FREEMAN, A. BROWN, ABNEY, PROBST,
SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, McNEILL, PIELLI, MADDEN, STURLA,
SAMUELSON, KINSEY, N. NELSON, KENYATTA, HOHENSTEIN, RABB,
KIM, CIRESI, BOROWSKI, DAWKINS, PARKER, MENTZER, SIEGEL,
DELLOSO, BULLOCK, BOYD, FRANKEL, BRENNAN, PASHINSKI,
SHUSTERMAN, T. DAVIS, VITALI, CEPHAS, M. JONES, STEELE AND
GERGELY, DECEMBER 8, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, DECEMBER 8, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of February 2024 as "Black History Month"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The contributions of African-American citizens as
scientists, inventors, legislators, farmers, educators,
explorers and countless other professions have positively
impacted every sphere of influence within this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, In 1915, in response to the dearth of information
that existed in the public domain regarding the feats and
accomplishments of African Americans, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson,
an African-American historian, founded the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History, which is now known as the
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
(ASALH); and
WHEREAS, In an effort to further build upon the mission and
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