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House Concurrent Resolution 47 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 47
(By Delegates Pino, Perry, Staggers, Moore,
Marshall and Hutchins)
Requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways to name a portion
of Route 16 north from the existing northern Oak Hill city
limits to the cutoff point at King Avenue in Fayetteville,
"Lucille Smallwood Meadows Highway."
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows was a tireless advocate
for education, human rights and civil rights; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows taught school in Fayette
County for thirty-nine years, was voted one of the top ten Persons
of the Year in Fayette County in 1976 and organized the Fayette
County Black Caucus that same year; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows
was presented the Mary
L. Williams Memorial Award by the WVEA in 1982 for her outstanding
contributions toward the eradication of racial inequities in the
education profession; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows was presented the
Washington Carver Award in 1982 by the Department of Culture and
History, for exemplifying the spirit of service of Camp Washington
Carver; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows
received the Martin Luther King "Living the Dream" Award in 1983, presented by the West
Virginia King Holiday Commission for the advocacy of nonviolence;
and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows
received recognition
from the Fayetteville Womens Club in 1985 for her support of
education; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows received the
Appreciation for Humanitarian Service in Southern West Virginia
Award in 1985 by the St. Matthews A.M.E. Church of Beckley; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows was acknowledged
as one
of the 2004 Honorees on Civil Rights Day, sponsored by the West
Virginia Human Rights Commission; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows was featured in the
Charleston Gazette's "Decade Series" in 1987
; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows received the T.G. Nutter
Award in 1988 for Outstanding Service to Humanity. T.G. Nutter was
the founder of the NAACP; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows lobbied for the King
Holiday Bill as well as for bills dealing with Human and Civil
Rights
; and
Whereas, Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows served West Virginia
through numerous appointments by Governors Jay D. Rockefeller and
Gaston Caperton, including on the Governor's Judicial Committee and
as a Delegate
; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows
worked tirelessly with
the NAACP since her teenage years, including serving as chairperson
of the Upper Fayette County NAACP Political Action Committee and as
a member of the West Virginia Conference of NAACP Political Action
Committees
; and
Whereas,
Ms. Lucille Smallwood Meadows
spearheaded the drive in
her community to have the main street in her area named King Avenue
in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the West Virginia Division of Highways is hereby
requested to name a portion of Route 16 north from the existing
northern Oak Hill city limits to the cutoff point at King Avenue in
Fayetteville "Lucille Smallwood Meadows Highway"
and that the
Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect appropriate signs
so designating that portion of Route 16 north; and
, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the Hon. Governor
Joe Manchin, III, to the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division
of Highways, and to Mrs. Dianne Smallwood-Russell, Mr. Charles
Smallwood, and LuAnne Austin.
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