H*3498 Resolution, By King, Alexander, Anderson, Bamberg, R.L. Brown, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Dillard, Gilliard, Govan, Hart, Henegan, Hodges, Hosey, Howard, Jefferson, Mack, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, Mitchell, Neal, Parks, Rivers, Robinson-Simpson, Rutherford, Weeks, Whipper and Williams
Summary: Friendship Nine
    A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE OF THE "FRIENDSHIP NINE" AND THE HARDSHIPS IMPOSED ON THEM AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONVICTIONS FOR SITTING AT A WHITES-ONLY LUNCH COUNTER IN 1961 DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, TO COMMEND THE REVERSAL OF THEIR CONVICTIONS FOR THEIR PEACEFUL, NONVIOLENT DEMONSTRATION, AND TO HONOR THEIR IMPORTANT ROLE IN BRINGING ABOUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY.
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02/04/15

House

Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 5)