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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 403
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In Memory |
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of |
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Emma Jackson Long |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of civic icon Emma |
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Jackson Long, who died January 16, 2011, at the age of 98; and |
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WHEREAS, Emma Long was born February 29, 1912, in the Texas |
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Panhandle town of Lefors; she graduated with honors from high |
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school in Hereford before going on to earn a degree from The |
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University of Texas, where she met and married her husband, the |
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late Stuart Long; and |
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WHEREAS, Following World War II, she and her husband founded |
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the Long News Service at the Texas Capitol, which provided news |
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coverage to numerous state and national publications, including |
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the New York Times, Newsweek, and Time; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Long broke the gender barrier in Austin |
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politics with her election to the city council in 1948; she was an |
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unabashed liberal who fought for integration and for the rights |
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of working people; and |
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WHEREAS, As a councilmember, Mrs. Long pushed for an |
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overhaul of the city charter and sought salary increases for |
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police and firefighters; she helped to integrate Lions Municipal |
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Golf Course and the city's main library in the 1950s and worked to |
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prohibit racial discrimination in housing; and |
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WHEREAS, She and her husband were longtime friends and |
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supporters of President Lyndon Johnson, and she served as the |
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United States representative to the World Population Commission |
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in Geneva at his request; she was a delegate to numerous state and |
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national Democratic Party conventions and served as a mentor to |
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aspiring politicians; and |
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WHEREAS, Soft-spoken but tenacious, she fought tirelessly |
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for the equal treatment of all, and her legacy of compassion and |
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hard work was acknowledged when City Park was renamed Emma Long |
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Metropolitan Park in her honor; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and unbridled |
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energy, she gave unselfishly to the city she loved, and her |
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wisdom, her commitment to equal rights for everyone, and her |
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enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest will not be |
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forgotten by those who knew her; and |
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WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, |
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and she leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by |
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her family and countless friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family and friends of Emma Jackson Long; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Emma Long. |
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Watson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 28, 2011, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |