Recognizing the historical significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation, and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all "one Nation under God, indivisible".

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats

0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and 7 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress · MS-2 district