Section 4. Clifton P. Pitts Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Clifton P. Pitts was born on December 25, 1942, in Pittsburgh to the late Heywood and Sarah Bloss-Pitts and graduated from Duquesne Senior High School.
(2) After graduating high school, Mr. Pitts spent 21 years working as the Director of Job Replacement for Allegheny County.
(3) Mr. Pitts later served as Director of the Mon-Yough Action Program, Director of the HIP program (Help Initiate Pride) and as a supervisor at Kool Vent Home Improvement where he retired in 2015.
(4) Clifton P. Pitts was a long-time Civil Rights leader in the Mon Valley, where for more than 50 years he fought for equal housing, employment and education.
(5) Mr. Pitts previously served as President of the Duquesne-West Mifflin National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Concerned Citizens.
(6) Mr. Pitts also served as First Jr. Exalted Ruler of the JT Brandy, Elk Lodge, JT Brandy Lodge; President of the Freshmen Society Club; past President of the Wild Bunch Social Club; past President of the Western Pennsylvania Black Assembly; and as Chairman of the Mon Valley Peoples Action Committee.
(7) On November 23, 2020, Clifton P. Pitts passed away at the age of 76.
(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 837, also known as Duquesne Boulevard, between Center Street in the City of Duquesne, Allegheny County, and Hoffman Boulevard in West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, is designated as the Clifton P. Pitts Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.