Bill Text: GA SR1232 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Blackmon, Mr. Douglas; recognize
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-16 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1232 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1232-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1232
By:
Senators Orrock of the 36th, Fort of the 39th, Williams of the 19th, Jones of
the 10th, Tate of the 38th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Mr. Douglas Blackmon; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. Douglas Blackmon has long been recognized for his journalistic integrity,
his insightful coverage of issues, and his passion for writing about past and
present race relations in America; and
WHEREAS,
over the past 20 years, Mr. Blackmon has written extensively about the American
quandary of race, exploring the integration of schools that took place during
his childhood in a Mississippi Delta farm town, lost episodes of the Civil
Rights Movement, and how contemporary society should handle its troubled past;
and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Blackmon wrote his first newspaper story for the
Progress,
a newspaper in his hometown of Leland, Mississippi, at the age of 12 and earned
a bachelor's degree from Hendrix College; and
WHEREAS,
he began his distinguished career in journalism as a reporter for the
Arkansas
Democrat, served as managing editor of the
Daily
Record in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was a
writer for weekly newspapers; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Blackmon served as a reporter for the
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, where he covered
race and politics and special assignments, including the fall of the Berlin Wall
and the civil war in the former Yugoslavia; and
WHEREAS,
he joined The Wall
Street Journal in 1995 as a reporter in
the Atlanta bureau, covering key news and issues in the 11-state region,
including race, immigration, poverty, and politics; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Blackmon currently serves as
The Wall Street
Journal's bureau chief in Atlanta, where
he manages the paper's coverage of airlines and other major transportation
companies and publicly traded companies and institutions based in the
southeastern United States; and
WHEREAS,
in 2000, Mr. Blackmon was recognized by the National Association of Black
Journalists for his stories revealing the secret role of J.P. Morgan and Company
during the 1960's in funneling funds between a wealthy northern white
supremacist and segregationists fighting the Civil Rights Movement in the South;
and
WHEREAS,
a year later, he revealed how the U.S. Steel Corporation relied on forced black
laborers in Alabama coal mines in the early 20th century, which led to his first
book, Slavery By
Another Name, examining how a form of
neoslavery survived in the United States long after it was legally abolished,
and which was included in the 2003 edition of
Best Business
Stories; and
WHEREAS,
the stories written by Mr. Blackmon and his team at the
Journal
have garnered worldwide acclaim for in-depth coverage of the subprime meltdown,
Hurricane Katrina, and the Florida hurricanes of 2004; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Blackmon has been recognized with numerous awards and honors during his
prestigious journalism career, including a Pulitzer Prize for General
Notification; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Blackmon has dedicated his career to providing readers with insightful and
thought-provoking journalism, and his many achievements are worthy of
recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the amazing career of Mr. Douglas Blackmon and recognize his gifted journalistic
abilities.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Douglas Blackmon.
