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HB 1449 - Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum; designate off. st museum

Jackson, Lester (148th)	Pelote, Dorothy B (149th)	Brooks, Tyrone (54th)
Bordeaux, Tom (151st)	Randall, Nikki T (127th)	Stephens, Ron (150th)

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A BILL to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum as the official Georgia state civil rights museum; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 50-3-77

HB 1449                                            LC 19 4589 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official 
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as 
  1- 3  to designate the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum as 
  1- 4  the official Georgia state civil rights museum; to repeal 
  1- 5  conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is an 
  1- 7  institution dedicated to the life and service of African 
  1- 8  Americans and their contributions to civil rights and 
  1- 9  equality in the City of Savannah; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, the museum preserves and shares the civil rights 
  1-11  history, struggles, and triumphs of Georgia's oldest African 
  1-12  American community from the end of slavery to the present, 
  1-13  and, more importantly, it impresses upon the young and old 
  1-14  of all races that we all must strive to preserve the rights 
  1-15  that our nation's Constitution promises us; and 
 
  1-16  WHEREAS, the museum is named in honor of the late Dr. Ralph 
  1-17  Mark Gilbert, father of Savannah's civil rights movement and 
  1-18  fearless NAACP leader who was a nationally known orator, 
  1-19  playwright, and pastor of the First African Baptist Church 
  1-20  in Savannah from 1939 until his death in 1956; and 
 
  1-21  WHEREAS, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is 
  1-22  located in a five-level building erected in 1914 as the Wage 
  1-23  Earners Savings and Loan Bank, which was the largest black 
  1-24  bank in the country at the time; and 
 
  1-25  WHEREAS, the museum offers strong educational programs which 
  1-26  have earned recognition and support from the citizens of 
  1-27  this state; and 
 
  1-28  WHEREAS, as part of their educational programs, numerous 
  1-29  educational institutions, governmental bodies, and private 
  1-30  companies are including tours of this outstanding facility 
  1-31  and are conducting seminars at the museum; and 
 
  1-32  WHEREAS, the museum and its programs have recently been 
  1-33  featured in several international, national, and regional 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  publications and in reports broadcast on radio and 
  2- 2  television networks; and 
 
  2- 3  WHEREAS, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is truly 
  2- 4  an outstanding asset to the people of Savannah and the State 
  2- 5  of Georgia and its mission should be properly recognized. 
 
  2- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  2- 7                           SECTION 1. 
 
  2- 8  Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of 
  2- 9  Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, is amended by 
  2-10  adding at the end thereof a new Code Section 50-3-77 to read 
  2-11  as follows: 
 
  2-12    "50-3-77. 
 
  2-13    The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is designated 
  2-14    as the official Georgia state civil rights museum." 
 
  2-15                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-16  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-17  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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