Introduced Version





HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No.
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION



    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Annual Conference of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL).



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Introduced

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION



    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Annual Conference of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL).

    Whereas, The 2002 Annual Conference of The National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) will be held December 9-14 in Indianapolis, Indiana;

    Whereas, President George W. Bush, in a message to the 2001 NBCSL Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, acknowledged the significant role that African Americans play in state legislative bodies throughout the nation;

    Whereas, The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus (IBLC) will host the Annual Conference of NBCSL;

    Whereas, The month of February is nationally recognized as African American History Month;

    Whereas, With the first election of an African American member of the Indiana General Assembly in 1881, there have been 14 members in the Senate and 42 members in the House of Representatives; and

    Whereas, Two African American women have distinguished service in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Congress of the United States: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:



    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly takes notice of over 120 years of public service by Americans and Hoosiers of African ancestry who have served in Indiana's legislative policy arena.
    SECTION 2. That the Indiana General Assembly endorses and supports a broader compilation of the historical and contemporary records of service provided to the state of Indiana by the following African American legislators:
    James Sidney Hinton    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1881
    James Matthew Townsend    (Wayne Co.) (H-D) 1885
    Richard Bassett    (Howard Co.) (H-D) 1893
    Gabriel Louis Jones    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1897
    Henry Johnson Richardson, Jr.    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1933-1935
    Robert L. Stanton     (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1933-1935
    Marshall Alexander Talley    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1937
    Joseph Chester Allen    (St. Joseph Co.) (H-D) 1939-1941
    Theodore Cable    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1939
    Robert Lee Brokenburr    (Marion Co.) (S-D) 1941-1947, 1953-1963
    James Sherman Hunter    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1941-1965
    James Lee Dickinson    (St. Joseph Co.) (H-D) 1943-1945, 1951-1957, (S-D) 1959-1961
     Wilbur Homer Grant    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1943-1947
    Zilford C. Carter    (St. Joseph Co.) (H-D) 1947
    Charles Edward Decker    (Vanderburgh Co.) (H-D) 1947
    Forrest Walker Littlejohn    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1949
    William Davis Mackey, Sr.     (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1951-1953
    Patrick E. Chavis, Jr.    (Marion Co.) (S-D) 1965-1967
    Valjean Leon Dickinson    (St. Joseph Co.) (H-D) 1965
    Daisy Riley Lloyd    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1965
    Charles Atlas Walton    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1965
    Harriette Vesta Bailey Conn    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1967-1969
    Raymond Province Crowe    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1967-1975
    Choice Edwards    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1969
    Bernard Luther White, Jr.    (St. Joseph Co.) (H-D) 1969-1972
    William L. Alexander    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1973-1974
    Julia M. Porter Carson    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1973-1976, (S-D) 1977-1986
    Rudolph Clay, Sr.    (Lake Co.) (S-D) 1973-1976
    William A. Crawford    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1973-present
    Robert Lenward Freeland, Jr.    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1973-1974
    Jewell Gene Harris    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1973-1978
    Katie Beatrice Greene Hall    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1975-1976, (S-D) 1977-1982
    Rayfield Fisher    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1977-1982
    Joseph W. Summers    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1977-1991


    Hurley Charles Goodall    (Delaware Co.) (H-D) 1979-1994
    Carolyn Allan Brown    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1979-1982, (S-D) 1983-1986
    Jules Blake Taylor    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1981
    Charlie Brown    (Lake Co.) (H-D)1983-present
    Earl Lynn Harris    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1983-present
    Earline Smith Rogers    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1983-1989 (S-D) 1990-present
    Billie Breaux    (Marion Co.) (S-D) 1991-present
    Vernon G. Smith    (Lake Co.) (H-D) 1991-present
    Vanessa Summers    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1991-present
    Mae Dickinson    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1993-present
    Glenn Howard    (Marion Co.) (S-D) 1993-present
    Gregory Porter    (Marion Co.) (H-D) 1993-present
    Lonnie Randolph    (Lake Co.) (S-D) 1993-1996
    James Van Leer    (Delaware) (H-R) 1995-1996
    Cleo Washington    (St. Joseph) (S-D) 1997-2000
    Mark Blade    (Vigo) (S-D) 1997-present
    Samuel Smith    (Lake Co.) (S-D) 1997-present.