Bill Text: GA HR1175 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Johnson, Robert; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-01-26 - House Read and Adopted [HR1175 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR1175-Introduced.html
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House Resolution 1175
By: Representative Brooks of the 63rd

A RESOLUTION


Recognizing and commending Mr. Robert Johnson; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Mr. Robert Johnson was born on June 17, 1948, in Grenada, Mississippi, the beloved sixth of seven children to the late Finley and Catherine Johnson; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson graduated from Grenada High School, where he was a talented football player, and earned an athletic scholarship to attend Alcorn State University; and

WHEREAS, in 1966, after seeing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speak during the Meredith March Against Fear, Mr. Johnson was inspired to bring the Civil Rights Movement to Grenada and worked diligently to establish voting rights in Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as a field project director and traveled throughout the United States and Africa to spread the message of equality and justice; and

WHEREAS, in 1970, Mr. Johnson was jailed for 45 days in Covington, Georgia, by Sheriff Junior Odom, along with SCLC National Field Director Tyrone Brooks and SCLC staffers Andre Hooker, Lloyd Jackson, Forrest Sawyer, Joe Lightfoot, Po Nolley, and others, while marching in protest of racism, discrimination, and Jim Crow segregation; and

WHEREAS, in 1971, Mr. Johnson was jailed for his refusal to be drafted into the military and received a full pardon from President Gerald Ford and was released in 1972 after serving 18 months; and

WHEREAS, in Covington, Georgia, Tyrone Brooks introduced Mr. Johnson to Mary Pitts, and the two were united in love and marriage in November of 1974, and their union has blessed them with two remarkable sons, Cleon and Marcus; and

WHEREAS, he has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of his time, talents, and energy to the City of Atlanta since 1979 as a bus operator for Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; and

WHEREAS, a man of deep and abiding faith, Mr. Johnson has been an active member of Mt. Ephraim Baptist Church since 1985, where he faithfully served as a trustee on the official board and was ordained as a deacon in 2002 ; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished gentleman be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Mr. Robert Johnson for his lifelong commitment to civil rights, recognize his decades of sacrifice promoting justice and equality, and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Robert Johnson.
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