2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26108484D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 384
Offered March 10, 2026
Commending Estelle Newby.
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Patron—Hayes
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WHEREAS, Estelle Newby, a distinguished resident of the City of Portsmouth, celebrated her 90th birthday on February 2, 2026; and
WHEREAS, Estelle Newby was born in 1936 in the City of South Norfolk, now Chesapeake, and grew up during a defining era in American history; and
WHEREAS, Estelle Newby came of age under Jim Crow laws and segregation and bore witness to the transformative milestones of the Civil Rights Movement, including the landmark Supreme Court of the United States case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955–1956, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and