HLS 15RS-3261 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 144
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
welcomes its 57
th
National Convention to Baton Rouge in July of 2015
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for its commitment to achieve
3 social, economic, and political justice and to welcome its national convention to
4 Baton Rouge in July of 2015.
5 WHEREAS, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the Southern Christian Leadership
6Conference (SCLC) is a nonsectarian advocacy organization established by the late
7Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and his followers in 1957 to coordinate and assist local
8organizations working for the equality of African Americans in all aspects of American life;
9and
10 WHEREAS, the SCLC was organized in New Orleans, Louisiana, and its inaugural
11meeting was held in February of 1957 at New Zion Baptist Church in New Orleans; and
12 WHEREAS, the SCLC had a significant role in the civil rights march in Washington,
13D.C., and in notable antidiscrimination and voter registration efforts in Albany, Georgia, and
14Birmingham and Selma, Alabama; and
15 WHEREAS, the visibility of the SCLC during the civil rights movement helped with
16the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and
17 WHEREAS, the SCLC aims to promote spiritual principles within its membership
18and local communities, educate youth and adults in the areas of personal responsibility,
19leadership potential, and community service, ensure economic justice and civil rights in the
20areas of discrimination and affirmative action, and eradicate racism; and
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1 WHEREAS, in July of 2015, the SCLC will hold its fifty-seventh National
2Convention in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
4Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Southern Christian Leadership
5Conference for its commitment to achieve social, economic, and political justice and does
6hereby welcome its fifty-seventh National Convention to Baton Rouge in July of 2015.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
8to Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Southern Christian
9Leadership Conference.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 144 Original 2015 Regular Session Gaines
Commends the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and welcomes its 57th
National Convention to Baton Rouge, La., in July of 2015.
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