Bush signs off on commemorative civil rights coin
Arizona Coin Collector
The actual bill Thomas (Library Of Congress) is
below the story. One dollar silver coins.
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Bush signs off on commemorative civil rights coin
By Ben Evans
Associated Press Writer
December 3, 2008
WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush has signed
legislation to mint a commemorative silver
dollar marking the 50th anniversary of the
Civil Rights Act.
Sponsors of the measure include President-elect
Barack Obama, and Rep. John Lewis, a veteran of
the civil rights movement from Atlanta.
The Civil Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon
Johnson on July 2, 1964, barred restaurants,
hotels and other public places from denying
service to blacks and outlawed employment
discrimination against women and minorities.
Congress, which approves up to two commemorative
coins per year, signed off on the coin last
month. Bush signed the bill Tuesday.
The U.S. Mint is slated to produce 350,000 of
the $1 coins in 2014, which will be 50 years
after the Civil Rights Act was signed. Proceeds
would cover the cost of production and generate
an expected $2 million to $3 million to be
donated to the United Negro College Fund.
"It is only fitting that we pass this legislation
weeks after the election of our nation's first
African-American president," said Rep. Deborah
Pryce of Ohio, who joined Lewis and Obama in
spearheading the effort along with Sen. Debbie
Stabenow of Michigan. "The Civil Rights Act of
1964 remains one of the most effective,
influential pieces of legislation passed by the
U.S. Congress in the last century, and is the
bedrock for the America we know today."
Past commemorative coins have celebrated Civil
War battlefields, various Olympic games, the 1994
World Cup soccer tournament and the Statue of
Liberty. Last year, the U.S. Mint began selling a
coin marking the 50th anniversary of the 1957
desegregation of Central High School in Little
Rock, Ark.
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FROM: Thomas (Library Of Congress)
H.R.2040
One Hundred Tenth Congress of the United States
of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
An Act
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint
coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of
the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Civil Rights Act
of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act' .
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds as follows:
(1) On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks' brave act
of defiance, refusing to give up her seat to a
white person on a segregated bus in Montgomery,
Alabama, galvanized the modern civil rights
movement and led to the desegregation of the
South.
(2) On February 1, 1960, 4 college students,
Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond,
and Ezell Blair, Jr., asked to be served at a
lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and
lunch counter sit-ins began to occur throughout
the South to challenge segregation in places of
public accommodation.
(3) On May 4, 1961, the Freedom Rides into the
South began to test new court orders barring
segregation in interstate transportation, and
riders were jailed and beaten by mobs in several
places, including Birmingham and Montgomery,
Alabama.
(4) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the leading
civil rights advocate of the time, spearheading
the civil rights movement in the United States
during the 1950s and 1960s with the goal of
nonviolent social change and full civil rights
for African Americans.
(5) On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., led over 250,000 civil rights
supporters in the March on Washington and
delivered his famous `I Have A Dream' speech
to raise awareness and support for civil rights
legislation.
(6) Mrs. Coretta Scott King, a leading
participant in the American civil rights
movement, was side-by-side with her husband,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during many civil
rights marches, organized Freedom Concerts to
draw attention to the Movement, and worked in
her own right to create an America in which
all people have equal rights .
(7) The mass movement sparked by Rosa Parks
and led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., among
others, called upon the Congress and Presidents
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to pass
civil rights legislation which culminated in
the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .
(8) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 greatly expanded
civil rights protections, outlawing racial
discrimination and segregation in public places
and places of public accommodation, in federally
funded programs, and employment and encouraging
desegregation in public schools, and has served
as a model for subsequent anti-discrimination
laws.
(9) We are an eminently better Nation because
of Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and all those men and women who have confronted,
and continue to confront, injustice and
inequality wherever they see it.
(10) Equality in education was one of the
cornerstones of the civil rights movement.
(11) On September 10, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., wrote that African American
`students are coming to understand that
education and learning have become tools for
shaping the future and not devices of
privilege for an exclusive few'.
(12) Over its long and distinguished history,
the United Negro College Fund has provided
scholarships and operating funds to its member
colleges that have enabled more than 300,000
young African Americans to earn college
degrees and become successful members of
society.
(13) Those graduates include Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., as well as leaders in the fields of
education, science, medicine, law,
entertainment, literature, the military, and
politics who have made major contributions to
the civil rights movement and the creation of
a more equitable society.
(14) Congress has an obligation to lead
America's continued struggle to fight
discrimination and ensure equal rights for
all.
(15) The year 2014 will mark the
semicentennial of the passage of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 .
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) Denominations- The Secretary of the
Treasury (hereinafter in this Act referred
to as the `Secretary') shall mint and issue
not more than 350,000 $1 coins each of
which shall--
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10
percent copper.
(b) Legal Tender- The coins minted under this
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in
section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items- For purposes of section
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all
coins minted under this Act shall be
considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) Design Requirements- The design of the
coins minted under this Act shall be
emblematic of the enactment of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to
civil rights in America.
(b) Designation and Inscriptions- On each
coin minted under this Act there shall be--
(1) a designation of the value of the coin ;
(2) an inscription of the year `2014'; and
(3) inscriptions of the words `Liberty', `In
God We Trust', `United States of America',
and `E Pluribus Unum'.
(c) Selection- The design for the coins
minted under this Act shall be--
(1) selected by the Secretary after
consultation with the Commission of Fine
Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory
Committee established under section 5135 of
title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) Quality of Coins- Coins minted under this
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof
qualities.
(b) Commencement of Issuance- The Secretary
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning
January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may
initiate sales of such coins, without issuance,
before such date.
(c) Termination of Minting Authority- No coins
shall be minted under this Act after December
31, 2014.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) Sale Price- Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the coins issued under this
Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a price
equal to the sum of the face value of the coins,
the surcharge required under section 7(a) for
the coins, and the cost of designing and
issuing such coins (including labor, materials,
dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
and marketing).
(b) Bulk Sales- The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a
reasonable discount.
(c) Prepaid Orders at a Discount-
(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this
Act before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT- Sale prices with respect to
prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be
at a reasonable discount.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.
(a) Surcharge Required- All sales shall
include a surcharge of $10 per coin .
(b) Distribution- Subject to section 5134(f) of
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges
which are received by the Secretary from the
sale of coins issued under this Act shall be
promptly paid by the Secretary to the United
Negro College Fund (UNCF) to carry out the
purposes of the Fund, including providing
scholarships and internships for minority
students and operating funds and technology
enhancement services for 39 member
historically black colleges and universities.
(c) Audits- The United Negro College Fund shall
be subject to the audit requirements of section
5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with
regard to the amounts received by the Fund under
subsection (b).
(d) Limitation- Notwithstanding subsection (a),
no surcharge may be included with respect to the
issuance under this Act of any coin during a
calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance,
the issuance of such coin would result in the
number of commemorative coin programs issued
during such year to exceed the annual 2
commemorative coin program issuance limitation
under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United
States Code (as in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act ). The Secretary of the
Treasury may issue guidance to carry out this
subsection.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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RWF
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> The U.S. Mint is slated to produce 350,000 of
> the $1 coins in 2014, which will be 50 years
> after the Civil Rights Act was signed. Proceeds
> would cover the cost of production and generate
> an expected $2 million to $3 million to be
> donated to the United Negro College Fund.
Why isn't there a United Caucasion College Fund?
Lorrie S.
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> Why isn't there a United Caucasion College Fund?
>
coz the blacks would be in an uproar. Like they are when they give a postal
job to a white person that can read and write instead of giving it to the
Affirmative Action gorilla that can do nothing but make grunting noises.
Bruce Remick
"RWF" <R...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Because there just aren't that many people in the US from the Caucasus.
B.J.
>
> Why isn't there a United Caucasion College Fund?
There were hundreds. For decades the scholarship funds at most large
colleges gave almost all their grants to Caucasians.