IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 100 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2017 Mr. Budd (for himself, Ms. Adams , Mr. Jones , Mr. Walker , Mr. Meadows , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Holding , Mr. McHenry , Ms. Foxx , Mr. Rouzer , and Mr. Price of North Carolina ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four Sit-In.

Whereas Joseph Mcneil, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair, Jr.), Franklin McCain, and David Richmond are the members of the Greensboro Four; Whereas the Greensboro Four Sit-In was in response to the brutal killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till; Whereas the Greensboro Four attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Whereas the Greensboro Four were refused service at the Woolworth Lunch Counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960; Whereas the Greensboro Four ignited a movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South; Whereas the Greensboro Four were joined by female students from Bennett College and Greensboro Women’s College; Whereas the sit-ins spread nationwide with over 700,000 people participating, including students, clergymen, and citizens, both White and Black; Whereas the protests resulted in more than 3,000 arrests; Whereas the Greensboro Four remained peaceful throughout the 6-month sit-in; and Whereas the Woolworth Lunch Counter was integrated on July 26, 1960: Now, therefore, be it