David Suetterlein

“ RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules be requested to establish a commemorative commission (the Commission) that shall consist of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules, who shall serve as chairman thereof, the Clerk of the Senate, and four other Senate members to be appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules. ”

“ WHEREAS, Booker T. Washington worked tirelessly to bridge racial divides, to make education available to all, and to advance civil rights; and
WHEREAS, in closing his autobiography, Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington describes returning to Virginia at the invitation of African American citizens of Richmond to speak to an integrated audience that included the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates, who voted to attend as a body, a testament to his life’s work toward racial reconciliation ”