SLS 19RS-3249 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 250
BY SENATOR BARROW
COMMENDATIONS. To commend the NAACP upon the 100 year anniversary of its Baton
Rouge branch.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
3 upon the one hundred year anniversary of its Baton Rouge branch.
4 WHEREAS, the NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the country and this
5 year marks the 100 year anniversary of its Baton Rouge branch; and
6 WHEREAS, the NAACP advocates for civil and human rights in the areas of
7 education, health, economic opportunity, criminal justice, voting rights, and the
8 environment; and
9 WHEREAS, the NAACP' s mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and
10 economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial
11 discrimination; and
12 WHEREAS, the NAACP's vision statement is to ensure a society in which all
13 individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination; and
14 WHEREAS, the NAACP's principal objectives are:
15 • To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all
16 citizens.
17 • To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens
18 of the United States.
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1 • To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.
2 • To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing
3 civil rights.
4 • To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to
5 seek its elimination.
6 • To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful
7 action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in
8 furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's articles of
9 incorporation and this Constitution; and
10 WHEREAS, the Baton Rouge Branch of the NAACP, along with members of the
11 religious community and key individuals, have made significant advancements and changes
12 in the Baton Rouge community encouraging acceptance of diversity practices, thus bringing
13 unity among the citizens.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
15 does hereby commend and congratulate the National Association for the Advancement of
16 Colored People upon the one hundred year anniversary of its Baton Rouge branch.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to an
18 NAACP Baton Rouge branch leadership executive officer.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
SR 250 Original 2019 Regular Session Barrow
Commends the NAACP upon the 100 year anniversary of its Baton Rouge branch.
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