Recognizing the desegregation efforts at Girard College in Philadelphia, and the leaders involved in African-American integration and civil rights expansion.

This resolution states that the House of Representatives recognizes the efforts to desegregate Girard College in Philadelphia and the local leaders who supported the civil rights movement. It describes the history of the school, which was founded to admit only poor white male orphans, the court cases challenging that rule, and the role of figures such as Raymond Pace Alexander and Cecil B. Moore. It notes that a federal appeals court ruled in 1968 that African-American students must be admitted. The resolution also recognizes efforts to highlight African-American history and the need to protect diversity and students' civil rights at colleges and universities.

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Sponsors

• Dwight Evans Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors