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Committee advances bill to place monument honoring 33 Reconstruction-era Black legislators
Summary
The State Properties Committee voted to pass House Bill 303 by voice vote, advancing a proposal to install a monument listing the 33 African American state legislators elected in 1868 who were later expelled.
The State Properties Committee voted to pass House Bill 303 on a voice vote, advancing a proposal to install a monument listing the 33 African American state legislators elected to the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction who were expelled in 1868.
The bill would mandate placement of a monument either on the State Capitol grounds or in another prominent location, supporters said. John Moy, senior director for policy at the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, told the committee the measure would "commemorate their pioneering these pioneering legislators"…
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