CER 23-0100 — Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v. Sharpe Recognition Resolution of 2019

iberRobertENROLLED C.ORIGINAL A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION 23-100 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA June 4, 2019 To recognize and commemorate the 65 Anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v.

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BoardofWHEREAS, in 1941, a group of parents called the Consolidated Parents Group from Anacostia in Southeast, Washington, DC petitioned the Board of Education a.of the District of Columbia to open John Philip Sousa Junior High as an integrated school;

Sharpe,WHEREAS, alongthe withschool threeboard others,denied inthe whichpetition and opened the Courtschool heldto that.admit only white students;

WHEREAS, on September 11, 1950, Gardner Bishop, a civil rights activist, Nicholas Stabile, and the ConstitutionConsolidated oftheParents UnitedGroup Statestried prohibitsto segregatedget public11 schools;African-American students, including Spottswood Bolling, admitted to Sousa Junior High;

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RESOLVED,BYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIAhttisBoard eoltonmayectedste“Brow,BoardfduatonadBoligv.hapeRcontinof esltinof01”.Education that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal” and violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment;

Sc..TheoucilftheititofColumbeebaes5yerssnesergaedand ulicchosweedeerindtoeunosittoal,oorshebaeiniidaswhobouhtWHEREAS, heassfowrdtohagetecurefhstr,anddcaesMaythese ,209as“Brow.Board2 ofEuctinandoligv.hapeDay”nteDsrctofoumia.court cases and 3 others, initiated the slow process of integrating American schools and mark a pivotal advancement of civil rights and progress on the road to justice and equality in the United States.

Sc..ThsrsluinsalRESOLVED, aeefctmmditeyupntheistaeofuliaionnBY heitrctfClumiargse.THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Brown v.

Board of Education and Bolling v.

Sharpe Recognition Resolution of 2019”.

Sec.

2.

The Council of the District of Columbia celebrates 65 years since segregated public schools were determined to be unconstitutional, honors the brave individuals who brought the cases forward to change the course of history, and declares May 17, 2019 as “Brown v.

Board of Education and Bolling v.

Sharpe Day” in the District of Columbia.

Sec.

3.

This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia register.