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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Celebrated actress and native Texan Loretta Devine |
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is being honored at the African American Legislative Summit, which |
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is being held in Austin on February 28 and March 1, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, During the summit's scholarship banquet, the Texas |
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Legislative Black Caucus is presenting a scholarship named after |
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Ms. Devine to a college-bound high school senior; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston, Ms. Devine was a stage director at |
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the Black Arts Center in the early 1970s; after earning a master of |
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fine arts degree from Brandeis University, she performed in a |
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number of notable stage productions in New York, including Godsong, |
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Hair, Dreamgirls, and The Colored Museum, working with such |
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theatrical luminaries as Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse, and George C. |
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Wolfe; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Devine began performing on television in 1987 as |
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a member of the cast of A Different World, and she has done guest and |
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recurring roles on such shows as Roc, Picket Fences, Touched by an |
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Angel, and Moesha; she has been a regular on Boston Public, The PJs, |
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Wild Card, Eli Stone, and Grey's Anatomy; she also appeared in the |
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television film The Murder of Mary Phagan and the PBS production of |
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The Colored Museum; and |
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WHEREAS, To date, Ms. Devine has appeared in almost 50 films, |
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including roles in The Preacher's Wife, I Am Sam, Crash, |
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Dreamgirls, Death at a Funeral, and For Colored Girls; her |
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outstanding performance as Gloria in Waiting to Exhale earned her a |
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1996 NAACP Image Award; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, actress Loretta Devine has |
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been delighting audiences and inspiring young performers to pursue |
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a career in the arts, and it is indeed fitting that a scholarship |
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should be named in her honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Loretta Devine and commemorate the |
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presentation of a scholarship in her name at the 2011 African |
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American Legislative Summit in Austin; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Devine as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 625 was adopted by the House on February |
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28, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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