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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                         HOUSE CONCURRENT
                          RESOLUTION NO. 36
                                103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                               INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH (68).
     6885H.01I                                                              JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                               AN ACT
                                     Relating to Josephine Baker Day.


     Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

                 WHEREAS, Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 3, 1906; and
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 3           WHEREAS, Baker was a celebrated performer, headlining revues in Paris after
 4   getting her start in St. Louis vaudeville acts; and
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 6          WHEREAS, Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, in
 7   1927; and
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 9           WHEREAS, Baker participated extensively in the French Resistance during World
10   War II, and also aided the British Secret Intelligence Service and the United States Office of
11   Strategic Services:
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13           NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of
14   Representatives of the One Hundred Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
15   Senate concurring therein, hereby designate June 3rd of each year as "Josephine Baker Day"
16   in Missouri, in celebration of the legacy of Josephine Baker, a global icon in the arts, human
17   rights activism, and democracy; and
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19          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be sent to the Governor for his
20   approval or rejection pursuant to the Missouri Constitution.
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