Bill Text: TX HR1752 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 2023 Mesquite Martin Luther King Jr. Parade and Celebration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Reported enrolled [HR1752 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1752-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1752 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Mesquite Tri-East NAACP and the City of Mesquite | ||
| sponsored the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration | ||
| on January 14, 2023, to commemorate the legacy of this pioneering | ||
| civil rights leader; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A Baptist minister and social activist, Dr. Martin | ||
| Luther King Jr. played a leading role in many of the pivotal civil | ||
| rights events of the 1950s and 1960s, from the historic bus boycott | ||
| in Montgomery, Alabama, to the founding of the Southern Christian | ||
| Leadership Conference, to the March on Washington in 1963, where he | ||
| delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech before some 200,000 | ||
| people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In recognition of his immense influence, Dr. King | ||
| was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964, and in 1983, a | ||
| federal holiday commemorating his birth was created by the | ||
| U.S. Congress; this holiday was first formally observed in 1986 and | ||
| was celebrated in all 50 states for the first time in 2000; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Community | ||
| Celebration began with a parade through downtown, followed by a | ||
| tribute to Dr. King at the Mesquite Arts Center, which featured | ||
| speeches, as well as choir and dance performances; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. King's enduring message continues to motivate | ||
| and encourage countless individuals working for peace, freedom, and | ||
| equality around the world, and the federal holiday dedicated to his | ||
| lifelong struggle for social justice provides a welcome opportunity | ||
| to redouble our commitment to the noble ideals for which he gave his | ||
| life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. | ||
| Community Celebration in Mesquite and extend to all those involved | ||
| with the event sincere best wishes for the future. | ||
| Neave Criado | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1752 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
