Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SR50 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 SR 50 3
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7	7	By: Senator R. Murdock 5
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10	10	SENATE RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO COMMEND ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC., FOR ONE 9
12	12	HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (118) YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE 10
13	13	AND LEADERSHIP IN ITS COMMUNITIES. 11
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17	17	TO COMMEND ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, 15
18	18	INC., FOR ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (118) 16
19	19	YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND 17
20	20	LEADERSHIP IN ITS COMMUNITIES. 18
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22	22	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is the first and oldest 20
23	23	intercollegiate Greek -letter fraternity established for African Americans; 21
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26	26	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was founded on December 4, 24
27	27	1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, by students 25
28	28	who recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African 26
29	29	descendants in this country; and 27
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31	31	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was founded by visionaries, 29
32	32	known as the "jewels" of the fraternity, including Henry Arthur Callis, 30
33	33	Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel 31
34	34	Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy; and 32
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36	36	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., initially served as a study 34
37	37	and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice both 35
38	38	educationally and socially; and 36 SR50
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42	42	WHEREAS, the Jewel founders and early leaders of Alpha Phi Alpha 2
43	43	Fraternity, Inc., succeeded in laying a firm foundation for the fraternity's 3
44	44	principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of 4
45	45	humanity; and 5
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47	47	WHEREAS, chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., have served 7
48	48	communities and campuses throughout Arkansas since 1926; and 8
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50	50	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., continues to proliferate, 10
51	51	spanning the globe with nearly eight hundred (800) chapters and two hundred 11
52	52	thousand (200,000) members located throughout the United States, Canada, 12
53	53	various Caribbean islands, Africa, the West Indies, Europe, and Asia; and 13
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55	55	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., continues to stress academic 15
56	56	excellence among its members and recognizes the educational, economic, 16
57	57	political, and social challenges faced by African Americans nationally and 17
58	58	internationally; and 18
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60	60	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., participates in Project 20
61	61	Alpha, Go-To-High-School, Go-To-College, Scouting America, and A Voteless 21
62	62	People is a Hopeless People programs in response to those challenges; and 22
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64	64	WHEREAS, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., motto is "First of All, 24
65	65	Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All"; and 25
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67	67	WHEREAS, members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., include many 27
68	68	legendary civil rights leaders such as the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, 28
69	69	Jr., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People founder 29
70	70	W.E.B. DuBois, civic leader John Mack, Reverend Joseph E. Lowery, and 30
71	71	Reverend C.T. Vivian; and 31
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73	73	WHEREAS, the national legacy of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 33
74	74	includes musician and actor Paul Robeson, actor and comedian Dick Gregory, 34
75	75	Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, United States Congressman Adam 35
76	76	Clayton Powell, Jr., political scientist T.E. Patterson, jazz musician Duke 36 SR50
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79	79	Ellington, Olympian Jesse Owens, and National Urban League President Marc 1
80	80	Morial; and 2
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82	82	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was directly responsible for 4
83	83	the conception, funding, and construction of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther 5
84	84	King, Jr., Memorial next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.; and 6
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86	86	WHEREAS, the legacy of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and its 8
87	87	statewide network of Arkansas Alphamen includes among its membership the 9
88	88	former President of AT&T Arkansas Ronnie Dedman, Chancellor of the University 10
89	89	of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Laurence B. Alexander, Ph.D., former Superintendent 11
90	90	of the Fayetteville School District Dr. John Colbert, former Mayor of Forrest 12
91	91	City Cedric Williams, Mayor of Little Rock Frank D. Scott, Jr., Senator 13
92	92	Reginald Murdock, Representative Jay Richardson, Representative Tracy Steele, 14
93	93	former Representative John W. Walker, former Representative Monte Hodges, 15
94	94	former Senator Jack Crumbly, former Representative Earnest Brown, former 16
95	95	Representative Tommy Baker, former Representative Booker T. Clemmons, former 17
96	96	Representative John Lewellen, former Representative William H. Townsend, and 18
97	97	former Senator Jerry Jewell; and 19
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99	99	WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., under the leadership of its 21
100	100	General President Brother Lucien J. Metellus, Jr., is focused on addressing 22
101	101	the fraternity's past, current, and future role in shaping policy that 23
102	102	impacts its communities, 24
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104	104	NOW THEREFORE, 26
105	105	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 27
106	106	STATE OF ARKANSAS: 28
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108	108	THAT the Senate commend Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for one 30
109	109	hundred eighteen (118) years of outstanding service and leadership in its 31
110	110	communities. 32
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112	112	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 34
113	113	provided to Jermaine O. Netherly, Southwestern Region Vice President of Alpha 35
114	114	Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Terence T. Cox, Arkansas District Director, 36 SR50
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