HR1190: HR1190 117th Founders Day of the NAACP; recognize

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia House of Representatives marking the 117th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on February 12, 1909. It recounts the roles of founders such as Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling, Dr. Henry Moscowitz, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell, and describes the Georgia NAACP's history of civil rights advocacy in education, healthcare, employment, and housing. The resolution does not create any new law, funding, or requirement. It simply has the House commemorate the occasion and recommit to advancing civil rights, and it directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to the Georgia NAACP.

• Formally recognizes and commemorates the 117th Founders Day of the NAACP on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Recounts the historical founding of the NAACP in 1909 and credits specific founders for their roles.
• States the House's recommitment to advancing civil rights in Georgia and beyond, without creating any enforceable legal obligation.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to the Georgia NAACP.

This resolution mainly concerns the Georgia NAACP and its members, as well as the House Clerk's office, which must distribute a copy of the resolution. It does not impose duties or changes on the general public, businesses, or other government agencies.

Because this is a ceremonial resolution rather than a change to Georgia law, it has no direct legal or financial effect on residents. Its practical significance is symbolic: a formal, public statement from the legislature honoring the NAACP's history and ongoing civil rights work in Georgia.

• The resolution's preamble ('WHEREAS' clauses) describes the NAACP's 1909 founding and credits founders including Du Bois, Wells-Barnett, and Terrell.
• The resolved clause has the House of Representatives commemorate the 117th Founders Day and recommit to advancing civil rights.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the Georgia NAACP.
• The resolution contains no funding, penalties, definitions, or effective date, consistent with its purely commemorative nature.

1. 2026-02-02House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-02-02House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-02-02House Hopper (House)

• Teddy Reese (D, HD-140)Primary sponsor
• Carolyn Hugley (D, HD-141)
• Inga Willis (D, HD-055)
• Omari Crawford (D, HD-089)
• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)

• NAACP
• civil rights history
• Georgia House resolutions
• Black history