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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 36
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE 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 W orld
10 W ar II, and also aided the British Secret Intelligence Service and the United States Of fice of
11 Strategic Services:
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13 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOL VED 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 FUR THER RESOL VED that this resolution be sent to the Governor for his
20 approval or rejection pursuant to the Missouri Constitution.
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