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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 11
5	5	February 20, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DRAKE, BALDEH, MYERS,
6	6	HAYWOOD, STUBBS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MADISON, NEUBAUER, OHNSTAD,
7	7	SHELTON, SNODGRASS, PALMERI, CLANCY, HONG, GOYKE, ANDRACA, SINICKI,
8	8	RATCLIFF, CONSIDINE, C. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, BARE, VINING, RIEMER, ALLEN,
9	9	MURPHY, EMERSON, JOERS, SUBECK, ORTIZ-VELEZ, CONLEY, BILLINGS,
10	10	SHANKLAND, CABRERA, JACOBSON, DOYLE, MCGUIRE and TUSLER, cosponsored by
11	11	Senators L. JOHNSON, AGARD, CARPENTER, WIRCH, LARSON, SPREITZER, SMITH,
12	12	HESSELBEIN, ROYS and PFAFF. Referred to Committee on Rules.
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14	14	Relating to: proclaiming February 2023 as Black History Month.
15	15	Whereas, Black History Month provides a deliberate opportunity to reflect on
16	16	the common humanity underlying all people and to raise awareness and foster
17	17	respect for the heritage and contributions of people of African descent; and
18	18	Whereas, this year marks over 400 years since the arrival of enslaved Africans
19	19	in Virginia. The existence of Africans in North America can be traced back to 1525,
20	20	and through 1866 the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade is estimated to have ensnared
21	21	more than 12 million African people, with an estimated 10 million surviving the
22	22	unconscionable Middle Passage, landing in North America, the Caribbean, and
23	23	South America; and
24	24	Whereas, Wisconsin history first references African descendants in a speech
25	25	given in 1725 by a chief of the Illinois Indians, in which he said, “a negro belonging
26	26	to Monsieur de Boisbriant" at Green Bay; and
27	27	Whereas, on February 12, 1926, noted Harvard scholar and historian Dr.
28	28	Carter G. Woodson founded “Negro History Week,” and since then the United States
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47	47	has recognized first Negro History Week and then Black History Month and
48	48	celebrated the ethnic and racial diversity that enriches and strengthens our nation;
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50	50	Whereas, both enslaved and free people of African descent have participated in
51	51	every aspect of America's effort to secure, protect, and advance the cause of freedom
52	52	and civil rights, and have stories that are an inspiration to all citizens, that reflect
53	53	the triumph of the human spirit, and that offer the hopes of everyday people to rise
54	54	above both prejudice and circumstance and to build lives of dignity; and
55	55	Whereas, people of African descent or African Americans have made
56	56	measurable differences in their respective industries, such as:
57	57	1. Elisterine Clayton — 100-year-old Milwaukee resident, who along with her
58	58	husband Powell Clayton were a part of building the historic Halyard Park
59	59	community. Halyard Park is one of the longest-standing African-American middle
60	60	class residential neighborhoods within Milwaukee. Elisterine owned and operated
61	61	a series of grocery stores in underserved communities and ensured that residents
62	62	had access to healthy food options within their neighborhoods. She was a part of a
63	63	pioneering group that brought Black-owned banks, medical practices, and
64	64	businesses to the Bronzeville area.
65	65	2. Torre Johnson, Sr. — Founder of X-Men United. Longtime Community and
66	66	Youth Advocate. Connected to Jeanetta Robinson and CYD.
67	67	3. Gab Taylor — Cofounder of Program the Parks and member of Standing Up
68	68	for Racial Justice. Held activities and programming for youth in Sherman park since
69	69	2016 and fed hundreds of young people from Sherman Park to Moody Park.
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96	96	4. Paul Higginbotham — The first African-American judge to serve on the
97	97	Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He was appointed to the court by Governor James Doyle
98	98	in 2003 and subsequently elected to the court in 2005.
99	99	5. Marcia Anderson — A retired senior officer of the United States Army
100	100	Reserve from Beloit, Wisconsin. The first African-American woman to become a
101	101	major general in the United States Army Reserve.
102	102	6. Alonzo Robinson Jr. — Wisconsin's first African-American registered
103	103	Architect and the City of Milwaukee's first Black registered Municipal Architect. On
104	104	Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the Milwaukee Fire Department Administration
105	105	building was renamed after Alonzo Robinson.
106	106	7. Dr. William Rogers — a historian and educator, who was an integral part of
107	107	the formation of the Black Radio Network, an African studies educator, who made
108	108	significant contributions to the study of Black life, civil rights, and social justice; now,
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110	110	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
111	111	Legislature recognizes February 2023 as Black History Month and extends
112	112	appreciation to the above-named persons for their contributions to the state of
113	113	Wisconsin, the country, and their fellow citizens.
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