Recognizing the significance of Atlanta, Georgia, as the cradle of the civil rights movement.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 972 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 972 Recognizing the significance of Atlanta, Georgia, as the cradle of the civil rights movement. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2025 Mr. David Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Recognizing the significance of Atlanta, Georgia, as the cradle of the civil rights movement. Whereas, in July 1881, a washerwoman strike of mostly Black women was one of the first major examples of the impact of Black labor in Atlanta and the power of coordinated, nonviolent organizing; Whereas, in 1909, Atlanta University Professor W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Whereas, on January 15, 1929, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., …