06 LC 36
0103
House
Resolution 1380
By:
Representatives Thomas of the
55th,
Sinkfield of the
60th,
Dean of the
59th,
Stanley-Turner of the
53rd,
and Brooks of the
63rd
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Reverend Joseph Everhart Boone, a civil rights legend; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
premier clergyman and civil rights activist Reverend Joseph Everhart Boone has
a career that has spanned nearly four decades, reaching out to transform
thousands of African American lives by carrying the message of economic dignity
from the pulpit, through the streets, and to the boardrooms of America; and
WHEREAS,
Reverend Boone has been a man of uncommon vision, charged and driven by
formidable dedication carrying forth with unflagging courage his conviction that
each citizen has the right to dignified participation in the American
economýs
mainstream, both as producers and consumers; and
WHEREAS,
Reverend
Boonés
miraculous achievements thus far in his lifetime include serving as Chief
Negotiator for Operation Breadbasket, the economic arm of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference; presiding as Pastor at Rush Memorial Congregational
Church in Atlanta, the meeting and organizational base for the Student
Non-Violent Civil Rights movement, and at the First Congregational Church in
Alabama, where he organized the first "Selective Buying Campaign" in Alabama;
acting as Director of the Metropolitan Atlanta Summit Leadership Congress, Inc.,
during which time he was designated by Mrs. Coretta Scott King to coordinate the
first leg of the "Poor
Peoplés
Campaign"; leading the P.J. Woods Center for the Blind as its director,
coordinating programs including a 24 hour residential treatment facility; and
persuading the FCC as the cochairperson of Atlanta Against Unfairness in
Broadcasting to condition license renewals for all major television and radio
companies on providing credible programming which is relative to the needs of
black people in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
Reverend
Boonés
career in public service has earned him a distinguished series of honors and
awards, including "Civic Leader of the Year" in 1959 from the First
Congregational Church in Anniston, Alabama; "The Young Man of the Year in
Religion" in 1964 from the Atlanta International Chapter of the Wise Men; The
Excelsior Knights Citizenship Award in 1967; an appointment by Governor Jimmy
Carter to the
Governoŕs
Council on Human Relations in 1971;
WGUŃs
Outstanding Citizen Radio Award in 1971; "Civil Rights Fighter of the Year" in
1975 from the Bronner Brothers; and the "Civil Rights Award" in 1991 from Clark
Atlanta University.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend civil rights legend Reverend Joseph Everhart Boone for his
outstanding leadership and exemplary public service to his community and this
state.
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 Reverend
Joseph Everhart Boone.