# Plain Language Summary: H. CON. RES. 96

This is a ceremonial resolution that honors an important civil rights victory from 1952. It doesn't create any new laws or change any policies—instead, it's Congress officially recognizing and celebrating a court case that helped end racial segregation in education for deaf students in Washington, D.C.

Here's what happened: Before 1952, Black deaf children in D.C. were not allowed to attend Kendall School for the Deaf, even though white deaf children could go there. Instead, Black deaf families had to send their children outside the district for education. A mother named Louise Miller decided to fight this injustice by suing the D.C. Board of Education on behalf of her deaf son Kenneth and other Black deaf children. In July 1952, a federal court ruled in her favor, deciding that it was illegal to force Black students to leave the district to get an education that white students could receive at home. This victory led to the creation of a separate division of Kendall School in 1953 to educate Black deaf children, though it only operated for about a year before being closed following the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed all racial segregation in schools.

This resolution simply asks Congress to officially recognize the 70th anniversary of the Miller case, honor the courage of Louise and Luther Miller and their children, and remember the 23 Black deaf students and four teachers who were part of this important moment in civil rights history. It's a way of saying this victory matters and shouldn't be forgotten.

Recognizing the historical significance of the 70th anniversary of the Miller v. Board of Education of District of Columbia decision.

Takano, Mark

This concurrent resolution recognizes the significance of the 70th anniversary of Miller v. Board of Education of District of Columbia, in which the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the District had a duty to provide equal educational facilities within the District for Black deaf children as for White deaf children (in accordance with the Supreme Court's holding in Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada that a state may not provide educational facilities within its boundary for one race and send the other outside the state to receive the same course of instruction).