SR 13 — Relating to: proclaiming February 2022 as Black History Month.

-Senate 2022Resolution LEGISLATURE13 LRB-6113/1ENGROSSED CMH:amn SENATE RESOLUTION 13Relating Februaryto: 18, 2022 - Introduced by Senators BRADLEY, COWLES, JACQUE and K OOYENGA.

Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

Relating to:

and Whereas, the existence of Africans in North America can be traced back to 1525, and through 1866 the Trans-AtlanticTrans−Atlantic Slave Trade is estimated to have ensnared more than 12 million African people, with an estimated 10 million surviving the unconscionable Middle Passage, landing in North America, the Caribbean, and South America;

and Whereas, Wisconsin history first references African descendants in a speech given in 1725 by a chief of the Illinois Indians, in which he said “a negro belonging to Monsieur de Boisbriant"Boisbriant” at Green Bay;

and Whereas, the United States has recognized Black history annually since February 12, 1926, first as “Negro History Week"Week” and later as “Black History Month,"Month,” LRB-6113/1 - 2022 Legislature - 2 - CMH:amn by noted Harvard scholar and historian Dr.

and Whereas, both enslaved and free people of African descent have participated in every aspect of America'sAmerica’s effort to secure, protect, and advance the cause of freedom and civil rights and have stories that are an inspiration to all citizens, that reflect the triumph of the human spirit and offer the hopes of everyday people to rise above both prejudice and circumstance and to build lives of dignity;

(END)S t a t e C a p i t o l Senator Chris Kapenga Madison, Wisconsin President of the Senate Date Michael J.

Queensland Senate Chief Clerk