Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2812
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-05239-09                                           20092812__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution remembering Sam Horton as a champion of
    3         equal opportunity for all in the Hillsborough County
    4         public school district and for his dedication as a
    5         teacher, administrator, and education reformer.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, Sam Horton was born in historic Bealsville, an
    8  East Hillsborough County community settled by a dozen former
    9  slaves, and
   10         WHEREAS, Sam Horton attended Hillsborough County public
   11  schools, graduating from Marshall High School in 1945, and
   12         WHEREAS, Sam Horton earned a bachelor’s degree in education
   13  at age 19 from Florida A & M College, and went on to earn his
   14  master’s degree from Florida State University, and his Ph.D.
   15  from Nova University, and
   16         WHEREAS, Sam Horton worked in the Hillsborough County
   17  School District for more than 42 years, first as an English
   18  teacher and later as a coach and principal, and
   19         WHEREAS, in 1978, Sam Horton became Hillsborough County’s
   20  first black general director for secondary education, and
   21         WHEREAS, Sam Horton consistently demonstrated his
   22  commitment to improving the quality of life and education for
   23  all students in the Hillsborough County public school district,
   24  and
   25         WHEREAS, in an effort to bring more African-American
   26  educators to Hillsborough County, Sam Horton established a local
   27  chapter of the National Alliance of Black School Educators, and
   28         WHEREAS, Sam Horton served in the leadership of the NAACP
   29  and remained committed in his opposition to practices and
   30  policies that might have resulted in more segregated schools,
   31  NOW, THEREFORE,
   32  
   33  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   34  
   35         That Sam Horton be remembered as a champion of equal
   36  opportunity for all in the Hillsborough County public school
   37  district and for his dedication as a teacher, administrator, and
   38  education reformer.