Honoring the bravery and legacy of the Clinton 12.
HRES 588 (2021) is a House resolution honoring the Clinton 12 - 12 Black students who desegregated Clinton High School in Tennessee in 1956, facing violent threats from the KKK and community hostility. The resolution commemorates their bravery in pursuing equal education amid racial terror, including the 1958 bombing of their school, and references the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling. It does not create new laws or policies but symbolically recognizes their legacy and calls for upholding the promise of equal educational opportunities.
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Aug 2021
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Introduced Aug 17, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Nov 1, 2022
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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Aug 17, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Aug 17, 2021
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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