Recognizing the desegregation efforts at Girard College in Philadelphia, and the leaders involved in African-American integration and civil rights expansion.

Recognizing desegregation at Girard College this resolution would honor the legal battles and Philadelphia leaders who fought racially discriminatory admissions and helped expand civil rights. It cites Raymond Pace Alexander, Cecil B. Moore, the Philadelphia NAACP, Temple University's exhibition on local civil-rights milestones, and demonstrations that included a 1965 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It recounts key court moments from a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision and a 1968 Third Circuit order that led Girard to admit seven African-American students. It would also uplift African-American stories and stress the need to continue protecting diversity and student civil rights on college campuses.