WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06) and Mike Carey (OH-15), reintroduced the Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network Act. The proposed legislation aims to authorize the National Park Service to coordinate and facilitate Federal and non-Federal activities to commemorate, honor, and interpret the history of the African American civil rights movements, the significance of civil rights activities as crucial elements in the evolution of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and recognize the relevance of the African American civil rights movements in fostering the spirit of social justic...