PRINTER'S NO. 2405
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
283
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY GREEN, D. WILLIAMS, PARKER, N. NELSON, McNEILL,
BELLMON, MADDEN, VITALI, HOHENSTEIN, PIELLI, VENKAT, PROBST,
CERRATO, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, BOROWSKI, MAYES, KHAN, HANBIDGE,
POWELL, SCHLOSSBERG AND TAKAC, DECEMBER 11, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 11, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and
recognizing January 15, 2024, as "Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Day" and as a day of service in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15,
1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Reverend Michael King, Sr., and
Alberta King (née Williams), the second of three children; and
WHEREAS, Ever since he was a child, Dr. King, born Michael
King, Jr., witnessed racial segregation, commonplace at the
time, and took a stand against racial injustices done to
himself; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King followed in his father's and grandfather's
footsteps by becoming a Baptist minister after graduation from
Morehouse College in 1948 and Crozer Theological Seminary in
1951; and
WHEREAS, Dr. King received his doctorate degree from Boston
University in 1955; and
WHEREAS, As pastor, Dr. King was vocal in his disdain for
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