119th Congress
H.Res. 1040
Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in during Black History Month.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Agreed to
- Sponsor
- Alma S. Adams(D-NC)
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2026
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (36)
Original cosponsors (32)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
- Cleo Fields (D-LA)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
Added later (4)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL) · Feb 10, 2026
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) · Feb 23, 2026
- Lucy McBath (D-GA) · Feb 23, 2026
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Feb 25, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
This resolution recognizes (1) the Greensboro Four for their contributions to the civil rights movement and the significant role they played as a catalyst for the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, (2) the value of ethnic and racial diversity in the United States, and (3) the continued importance of sit-ins as an effective form of nonviolent resistance. The resolution also encourages states to include information about the Greensboro Four in their educational curriculums.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 5, 2026 · House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. - Feb 5, 2026
Submitted in House