Kansas 2024 1st Special Session

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1703
2	2	A RESOLUTION recognizing November 14, 2024, as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
3	3	in the State of Kansas.
4	4	WHEREAS, Kansas was at the epicenter of the landmark United States Supreme Court case,
5	5	Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, which was decided on May 17, 1954, and handed down
6	6	the unanimous decision that racially segregated public schools violated the 14
7	7	th
8	8	Amendment; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The Kansas Senate and House of Representatives passed SR 1756 and HR 6047,
10	10	respectively, commemorating 2024 as the 70
11	11	th
12	12	anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision,
13	13	which made segregation in public schools illegal in the United States; and
14	14	WHEREAS, In its ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that separate
15	15	educational facilities are inherently unequal and every citizen of the United States deserves equal
16	16	education; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Ruby Nell Bridges is an American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights
18	18	movement at age six when she was the youngest of a group of African American students designated to
19	19	integrate public schools; and
20	20	WHEREAS, On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges attended all-white William Frantz
21	21	Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the only African American student enrolled at the
22	22	school; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Artist Norman Rockwell celebrated Ruby Bridges' courage in 1964 with a painting of
24	24	Ruby's first day of school entitled "The Problem We All Live With," making Ruby Bridges the national
25	25	icon for desegregation; and
26	26	WHEREAS, Ms. Bridges established The Ruby Bridges Foundation in 1999 to promote "the
27	27	values of tolerance, respect and appreciation of all differences;" and
28	28	WHEREAS, Around November 14 of every year, students, staff and teachers across the country
29	29	honor Ms. Bridges and the courage it took to walk through the doors of William Franz Elementary School
30	30	in 1960 by participating in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day; and
31	31	WHEREAS, Inspired by Ruby Bridges' story, the children of Kansas have invited her to Topeka,
32	32	Kansas, on November 14, 2024, to commemorate the 70
33	33	th
34	34	anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education,
35	35	which made her journey possible: Now, therefore,
36	36	Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we recognize November 14, 2024, as Ruby
37	37	Bridges Walk to School Day in the State of Kansas; and
38	38	Be it further resolved: That we join the children of Kansas in inviting Ruby Bridges to Topeka,
39	39	Kansas, on November 14, 2024, to commemorate the 70
40	40	th
41	41	anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education;
42	42	and
43	43	Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate shall send an enrolled copy of this
44	44	resolution to Senator Faust Goudeau.
45	45	Senate Resolution No. 1703 was sponsored by Senator Oletha Faust Goudeau.
46	46	I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the SENATE, and was adopted by that body
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48	48
49	49	___________________________________________
50	50	President of the Senate.
51	51	___________________________________________
52	52	Secretary of the Senate.