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SCR101.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY - Stating findings of the Legislature and
designating June 16, 2001, and the third Saturday in June thereafter as
"Juneteenth National Freedom Day" with appropriate ceremonies and
presentations during that day to be conducted to honor Idahoans of African
descent.
01/18 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/19 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
01/23 To St Aff
02/01 Rpt out - rec d/p - 10th Ord
02/02 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
02/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
02/26 To enrol
02/27 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
02/28 Sp signed
03/01 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 101
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 PROVIDING A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARING JUNE 16, 2001, AND
3 THE THIRD SATURDAY IN JUNE THEREAFTER AS "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY"
4 AND TO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND PRESENTATIONS DURING THAT DAY TO
5 HONOR IDAHOANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT.
6 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 WHEREAS, more than 130 years old, Juneteenth National Freedom Day is the
8 oldest African-American holiday observance in the United States and is also
9 known as Emancipation Day, the Emancipation Celebration, Freedom Day, Jun-Jun
10 and Juneteenth; and
11 WHEREAS, Juneteenth National Freedom Day commemorates the strong survival
12 instinct of African-Americans who were first brought to this country in slave
13 ships on a month-long journey across the Atlantic Ocean known as the Middle
14 Passage; and
15 WHEREAS, approximately eleven and one-half million African-Americans sur-
16 vived the voyage, and the number that died along the way is likely greater,
17 only to be forced to submit to slavery for many years after arrival in the
18 United States; and
19 WHEREAS, events in the history of the United States which led to the Civil
20 War centered around sectional differences between the North and South that
21 were based on economic and social divergence caused by the existence of slav-
22 ery; and
23 WHEREAS, in 1862, the first clear signs that the end of slavery was immi-
24 nent came when laws abolishing slavery in the territories of Oklahoma,
25 Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico were passed and in September of that same
26 year, President Lincoln warned the eleven rebellious Confederate States that
27 if they did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863, he would declare their
28 slaves forever free via the Emancipation Proclamation; and
29 WHEREAS, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of
30 the United States on January 31, 1865, abolishing slavery throughout the
31 United States and its territories and news of this action reached the states
32 and territories at different times and it was not until June 19, 1865, that
33 the message of freedom reached the slaves in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana,
34 Arkansas and California; and
35 WHEREAS, spontaneous celebration erupted throughout the country when
36 African-Americans learned of their freedom on Juneteenth National Freedom Day
37 and celebrated the abolishment of slavery with excitement and great joy. It is
38 a reminder to all Americans of the status and importance of Americans of
39 African descent as American citizens.
40 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
41 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
42 tives concurring therein, that June 16, 2001, and the third Saturday of June
43 of every year thereafter be designated as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day"
44 and that appropriate ceremonies and presentations be conducted during that day
2
1 to honor Idahoans of African descent.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10658
This resolution declares June 16, 2001 and the third Saturday of
June every year thereafter as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day"
in celebration commemorating the strong survival instinct of
African Americans who were first brought to this country in slave
ships.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Senator Robbi King-barrutia
Phone: 332 1347
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND FISCAL NOTE SCR10