To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Carrie Beatrice "Mudear" Sager, in recognition of her service to her community and nation, for peace, racial justice, and human rights.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 323 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Carrie Beatrice ‘‘Mudear’’ Sager, in recognition of her service to her community and nation, for peace, racial justice, and human rights. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 15, 2021 Ms. BASS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Ad- ministration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- diction of the committee concerned A BILL To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Carrie Beatrice ‘‘Mudear’’ Sager, in recognition of her service to her community and nation, for peace, racial justice, and human rights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 3 Congress finds the following: 4 (1) Carrie Beatrice ‘‘Mudear’’ Sager was born 5 on September 5, 1913 in Autauga County, Alabama 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:05 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H323.IH H323 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 323 IH to the late Mr. James Hardy and Mrs. Laura 1 Hardy. 2 (2) She was a foot soldier who marched with 3 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama in 4 1963. Ms. Sager was dedicated to fighting for racial 5 and social justice, she risked her own life countless 6 times being a voice for others. Her commitment is 7 demonstrated through her years of bravery and ac- 8 tivism. 9 (3) Ms. Sager was known for organizing the 10 well-known Children’s March of May 2, 1963 led by 11 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This protest led to hun- 12 dreds of students being arrested and taken to jail in 13 paddy wagons and school buses. 14 (4) She was a victim of police brutality and ex- 15 perienced the brute force of hoses and dogs as law 16 enforcement used them as weapons against her and 17 peaceful protestors during the Southern Christian 18 Leadership Conference’s Birmingham Campaign. 19 (5) She was a fearless woman who stood up to 20 the KKK by picketing and boycotting white busi- 21 nesses in Bessemer and Birmingham Alabama, de- 22 manding equal treatment of Black people across this 23 nation. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:05 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H323.IH H323 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 323 IH (6) She demonstrated heroism as she marched 1 the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody 2 Sunday, March 7th, 1965. This was a day in which 3 police attacked Civil Rights activists with tear gas, 4 billy clubs, and horses as demonstrators were headed 5 to the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. 6 (7) Ms. Sager was a woman of God and an ac- 7 tive member of Starlight Missionary Baptist Church, 8 where she was named ‘‘Mother of the Church’’. 9 (8) Carrie Beatrice ‘‘Mudear’’ Sager passed 10 away November 20, 2014 at the age of 101. She will 11 be remembered for her tenacity and unwavering 12 dedication to fighting for human rights and ensuring 13 equality and peace across this nation. 14 (9) She was loved and cherished by many and 15 her legacy will live on through her family. She left 16 this earth with five children: Sam Sager, Jr., Will 17 Sager, Lurlean Sager Burnette, Florabell Sager 18 McQueen, and Mary Sager Davis. Mudear’s ten 19 grandchildren are as follows: Cora Jean Douglass, 20 Martha Jean McQueen, Will Sager Jr., Valerie 21 Sager Seals, Veronica Sager Seals, Vernon T. Sager 22 Sr., Vayonna L. Sager, Loretta Lusane Philips, 23 Clarence Lusane, and Tanya Davis McCullough. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:05 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H323.IH H323 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 323 IH SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 1 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Speaker 2 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 3 tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrange- 4 ments for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of 5 a gold medal of appropriate design to the Carrie Beatrice 6 ‘‘Mudear’’ Sager, in recognition of her service to her com- 7 munity and nation, for peace, racial justice, and human 8 rights. 9 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 10 award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 11 Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec- 12 retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 13 devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec- 14 retary. 15 (c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.—Following the 16 award of the gold medal under subsection (a), the gold 17 medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and 18 the medal will be available for display at the National Mu- 19 seum of African American History and Culture. 20 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 21 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 22 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 23 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 24 a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:05 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H323.IH H323 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 323 IH materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 1 and the cost of the gold medal. 2 SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 3 Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national med- 4 als for the purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 5 States Code. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:05 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H323.IH H323 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS