HJR 23-1009 — Recognizing African-American Veterans

HOUSEFirst JOINTRegular RESOLUTIONSession 23-1009Seventy-fourth BYGeneral REPRESENTATIVE(S)Assembly HerodSTATE andOF Joseph,COLORADO Amabile,ENGROSSED Armagost,LLS Bacon,NO. Bird, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, Bottoms, Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Catlin, Daugherty, DeGraaf, deGruy Kennedy, Dickson, Duran, English, Evans, Frizell, Froelich, Garcia, Hamrick, Hartsook, Holtorf, Jodeh, Kipp, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Luck, Lukens, Lynch, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCormick, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Pugliese, Ricks, Sharbini, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Wilson, Woodrow, Young, McCluskie;

alsoR23-0833.01 SENATOR(S)Faith ExumMarcovecchio andx4331 Fields,HJR23-1009 Baisley,HOUSE Bridges,SPONSORSHIP Buckner,HerodandJoseph, Coleman,Amabile,Armagost,Bacon,Bird,Bockenfeld,Boesenecker,Bottoms, Cutter,Bradfield, Danielson,Bradley, Gardner,Brown, Ginal,Catlin, Gonzales,Daugherty, Hansen,DeGraaf, Hinrichsen,deGruy JaquezKennedy, Lewis,Dickson, Kirkmeyer,Duran, Kolker,English, Lundeen,Evans, Marchman,Frizell, Moreno,Froelich, Mullica,Garcia, PeltonHamrick, B.,Hartsook, PeltonHoltorf, R.,Jodeh, Priola,Kipp, Rich,Lieder, Roberts,Lindsay, Rodriguez,Lindstedt, Simpson,Luck, Smallwood,Lukens, VanLynch, Winkle,Mabrey, Will,Marshall, WinterMartinez, F.,Mauro, Zenzinger,McCluskie, Fenberg.McCormick,McLachlan,MichaelsonJenet,Ortiz,Parenti,Pugliese,Ricks,Sharbini,Sirota, Snyder,Soper,Story,Taggart,Titone,Valdez,Vigil,Weinberg,Weissman,Willford,Wilson, Woodrow, Young SENATE SPONSORSHIP Exum and Fields, House Committees Senate Committees HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-1009 CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN -A MERICAN VETERANS .

CONCERNINGWHEREAS,ThemilitaryhistoryofAfricanAmericansspansfrom RECOGNITIONthearrivalofthefirstenslavedAfricansduringthecolonialhistoryof OFthe AFRICAN-AMERICANUnited VETERANS.States to the present day;

WHEREAS, The military history of African Americans spans from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans during the colonial history of the United States to the present day;

and WHEREAS, Nearly 198,000 African-American soldiers served duringduringtheCivilWar,roughly350,000African-Americansoldiersserved theduringWorldWarI,andanother1.25millionAfrican-Americansoldiers CivilservedduringWorldWarII,withmanymoreAfricanAmericansserving War, roughly 350,000 African-American soldiers served during World War I, and another 1.25 million African-American soldiers served during World War IJ, with many more African Americans serving in the years since World War II;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,OnJuly26,1948, On July 26, 1948, President HarryHarryS. S.

Truman signed Executiveg Order2 9981,ExecutiveOrder9981,integratingthemilitaryandmandatingequalityof integratingi the2 militaryS ande mandating1 equalityO ofl treatmentr andShading opportunitydenotes forHOUSE African-Americanamendment. soldiers;

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F treatment and opportunity for African-American soldiers;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Thelastall-African-Americanunitwasnotdisbanded The last all-African-American unit was not disbanded until 1954;

and WHEREAS, Until the Korean War, African-American veterans were precluded from direct access to benefits from the Veterans Administration, which included VA housing loans, employment assistance, unemployment benefits, and health care;

now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourthconcurring Generalherein:eral Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurringThatwe,theGeneralAssembly,inrecognitionoftheheroicefforts herein:and great sacrifice of African-American veterans, herebyencourage this commemoration throughout the Senate and House of Representatives.

ThatBeItFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent we,to the GeneralCongressional Assembly,Black inCaucus; recognition of the heroic efforts and great sacrifice of African-American veterans, hereby encourage this commemoration throughout the Senate and House of Representatives.

* Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to the Congressional Black Caucus;

the ColoradoColoradoBlackWomenforPoliticalAction;theNationalAssociationfor Black WomenVeterans, forInc.; Political Action;

the National Association for PAGE 2-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-1009 Black Veterans, Inc.;

the ColoradoColoradoAmericanLegion;theUnitedVeteransCommitteeofColorado; American Legion;

the United Veterans Committee of Colorado;

Julie-2- McCluskie1009 oO Steve Fenberg SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE (olan.

(A on Coste oh Markivet Robin Jones Cindi L.

Markwell CHIEF CLERK OF wwe HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE PAGE 3-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-1009