Bill
HR 432
HR 432 formally recognizes Mound Bayou, MS as a beacon of Black self-determination, honoring its civil-rights legacy with symbolic, nonbinding praise.
Status: Resolution introduced January 15, 2025; adopted in the House (see timeline below).
Classification: House Resolution (commemorative/recognition).
Recent procedural note: Co‑sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet added (Oct 30, 2025).
Important note about source material
- The provided bill text appears to combine two distinct resolutions that share the number “HR 432”: (1) an Illinois House Resolution recognizing the history and legacy of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, and (2) a separate Georgia House Resolution commending lineworkers and recognizing Georgia Lineworker Appreciation Day (April 14, 2025). This summary focuses on the principal resolution content labeled “RECOGNIZE‑MOUND BAYOU, MS.” The Georgia lineworker text is a separate, unrelated commemorative resolution and is noted below.
Purpose and intent
- The resolution formally recognizes and commemorates Mound Bayou, Mississippi — founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved African Americans Isaiah Thornton Montgomery and Benjamin Green — as an important example of Black self‑determination, economic sovereignty, and cultural achievement.
- It seeks to honor Mound Bayou’s historical role as a refuge and center of African American advancement during Jim Crow, its contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, and specific institutions and leaders connected to its legacy.
Key provisions and content
- Recitations describing Mound Bayou’s founding (1887), history as an all‑Black town and haven during Jim Crow, and its significance in civil‑rights history.
- Recognition of notable institutions tied to Mound Bayou: notably the Taborian Hospital (founded 1942) — described in the text as the second Black hospital in Mississippi, the first U.S. all‑Black‑staffed hospital, and the first HMO in the U.S. (as asserted in the resolution).
- Mentions the town’s influence on public figures with family ties to Mound Bayou (several Cook County public servants, clergy, educators, and civil‑rights leaders).
- Commends organizers and contributors to a public screening of the documentary “Mound Bayou: The Most Remarkable Town in the South” (Chicago screening at the DuSable Black History Museum, August 29, 2025) and lists many individuals and producers involved.
- Resolves that the Illinois House “commend all persons involved” in the Mound Bayou project, urge reflection on Mound Bayou’s legacy, and present a suitable copy of the resolution to Reverend Dr. Wallace “Gator” Bradley.
Who is affected
- No regulatory or financial effects. This is a symbolic/commemorative resolution that honors a community, historical institutions, and organizers of a documentary screening.
- Primary beneficiaries: residents and descendants of Mound Bayou, organizers and scholars who promoted the documentary/screening, and broader public awareness of Mound Bayou’s history.
Procedural timeline (selected actions)
- 2025‑01‑15: Introduced in the House; referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2025‑02‑27 to 2025‑04‑17: Read, placed on calendars, and adopted in House (record vote noted 2025‑04‑17).
- 2025‑04‑21: Reported enrolled.
- 2025‑07‑28 to 2025‑10‑30: Additional filings and co‑sponsor additions recorded; committee referrals (State Government Administration), and final notation “Resolution Adopted” (2025‑10‑30).
- Co‑sponsors added through Oct 29–30, 2025 (including Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet, Camille Y. Lilly, Debbie Meyers‑Martin, Diane Blair‑Sherlock, and others).
Sponsors (selected)
- Primary sponsors listed in the compilation include Don Parsons, Matt Barton, John Carson, Leesa Hagan, Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Angie O’Steen, Rick Jasperse and others. (The source includes many names across jurisdictions; the resolution is largely ceremonial and attracted multiple co‑sponsors.)
Practical effect and impact
- Symbolic recognition: raises public awareness of Mound Bayou’s historical significance, acknowledges individuals and institutions tied to its legacy, and supports cultural commemoration (e.g., film screening).
- No binding legal, regulatory, or budgetary consequences.
If you want, I can:
- Extract and produce a clean, standalone text of the Illinois HR 432 recognizing Mound Bayou; or
- Produce a separate brief summary of the Georgia HR 432 (Lineworker Appreciation Day) that appears in the supplied material.
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