05 LC 98
0759
House
Resolution 709
By:
Representatives Morgan of the
39th,
Abdul-Salaam of the
74th,
Jones of the
44th,
Thomas of the
55th,
Sims of the
151st,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and honoring Mrs. Rita Jackson-Samuels for her dedicated public service; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mrs. Rita Jackson-Samuels is widely revered as an ardent and effective civil
rights activist and a champion of women's rights; and
WHEREAS,
she was the first black woman to work in the Governor's office, serving as
Governor Jimmy Carter's Coordinator of the Governor's Council on Human
Relations; and
WHEREAS,
during her tenure in the Governor's office, she led efforts to hang the
portraits of outstanding black Georgians in the state capitol, including
portraits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bishop Henry McNeil Turner, and Lucy
Laney; and
WHEREAS,
after serving under President Carter in Washington, D.C., she returned to
Georgia and mobilized more than 300 women statewide to form the Georgia
Coalition of Black Women, Inc., a women's advocacy training and development
organization which has continually provided services to disadvantaged women and
children and has encouraged women's participation in government and business;
and
WHEREAS,
she has served on numerous boards and committees and has been recognized by such
distinguished awards as her selection as a Rosalynn Carter Fellow at the
Institute of Women at Emory University and her repeated nomination as one of the
50 most influential African American women in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
March is set aside as Women's History Month to celebrate and honor those women
who have contributed their time and talents to the betterment of this state and
this nation, and it is only fitting and proper that this body recognize Mrs.
Jackson-Samuels on this highly significant occasion.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body join in recognizing Mrs. Rita Jackson-Samuels and honor her monumental
record of achievement and advocacy on behalf of women and minorities throughout
the State of Georgia and the nation.
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 Mrs. Rita
Jackson-Samuels.