Designates June 28th each year as Eliot and Muriel Battle day

Summary

The bill declares June 28th an annual Eliot and Muriel Battle Day to honor the first Black faculty member at Hickman High School and the first Black principal in the Columbia Public School District. It encourages Missourians to hold appropriate events and activities that celebrate the couple’s role in easing racial tensions during the 1960s. The designation also acknowledges schools named after them in Columbia.

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