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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Longtime community leaders Robert and Charmaine |
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Price are being honored by Seniors Actively Guiding Education |
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(SAGE) at Glendale Presbyterian Church in Dallas on May 8, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Illinois, Robert Price enjoyed a |
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successful 30-year career with Golden State Mutual Life Insurance |
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Company, rising to the level of district manager; since moving to |
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Dallas in 1968, he has served on the Dallas Independent School |
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District Board of Trustees, as co-executive director of the Dallas |
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regional affiliate of the National Alliance of Black School |
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Educators, and as cofounder and chair of the Black Coalition to |
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Maximize Education, which played a vital role in the desegregation |
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of Dallas ISD; he has also been a board member of Dallas Area Rapid |
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Transit, serving as secretary and chair of the Mobility Impaired |
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Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Charmaine H. Price earned her bachelor's degree |
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from Chicago State University, her master's degree from Columbia |
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University, and her Ph.D. in education from Texas Woman's |
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University; she taught at schools in Chicago, and after moving with |
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Mr. Price to Dallas, she served Dallas ISD as an administrator for |
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many years; after retiring in 1993, she taught education courses at |
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Paul Quinn College, and she has served on several committees of the |
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Texas Education Agency and as judge for the WFAA/Dallas Morning |
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News Spelling Bee; in 1995, she founded SAGE, which provides |
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personal libraries for students, sponsors scholarships, and |
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mentors teachers; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to their participation in a number of |
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civil rights organizations, the Prices are keen students of African |
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and African American history, and they have traveled extensively in |
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Egypt, Ethiopia, and Ghana; they regularly make presentations about |
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their travels to neighborhood and church groups, and they are |
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stalwarts of the African American Museum Book Club and the |
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Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney branch of the Association for the Study of |
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African American Life and History; and |
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WHEREAS, Joined in matrimony for 64 years, this distinguished |
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couple are the proud parents of two accomplished children, |
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Charmaine Price Kwesi and Robert Harper Price, and they are further |
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blessed with a grandson, Brian D. Terry, and a great-granddaughter, |
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Jaelynn Terry; they are leading members of St. Luke Presbyterian |
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Church, where Dr. Price has been a Christian education teacher and |
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Mr. Price has served as an elder and Sunday school teacher; and |
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WHEREAS, For half a century, Robert and Charmaine Price have |
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been champions for education, social justice, and the promotion and |
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preservation of African and African American history and culture, |
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and they are truly deserving of special recognition for their |
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legacy of leadership in Dallas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Robert Price and Dr. Charmaine H. Price |
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for their contributions to the Dallas community and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the couple as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1256 was adopted by the House on April |
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26, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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