A RESOLUTION
1- 1 Commending Dr. Roy Charles Bell; and for other purposes.
1- 2 WHEREAS, Dr. Roy Charles Bell of Riverdale, Georgia, is a
1- 3 highly respected dentist whose courageous efforts as a
1- 4 member of the Doctors' Committee on Implementation helped to
1- 5 desegregate hospitals in the State of Georgia and across the
1- 6 country; and
1- 7 WHEREAS, Dr. Bell received a B.S. degree from Howard
1- 8 University in 1950, a D.D.S. degree from the Howard
1- 9 University Dental School in 1958, and a J.D. degree from the
1-10 Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1974; and
1-11 WHEREAS, he practiced dentistry in Atlanta, Georgia, from
1-12 1959 to 1979; and from 2002 to present and
1-13 WHEREAS, from 1981 to 1983, he served as Commissioner of
1-14 Human Rights and Fair Housing in Sacramento, California; and
1-15 WHEREAS, from 1983 to the 2002, he has served as a dental
1-16 consultant in Rockville, Maryland; and
1-17 WHEREAS, Dr. Bell made an indelible mark on history as a
1-18 member of the Doctor's Committee on Implementation which by
1-19 concerted and courageous efforts helped to desegregate
1-20 hospitals in the State of Georgia, including Grady Hospital
1-21 in the City of Atlanta, and across the country and to win
1-22 for black Americans the right to equal access to health
1-23 care; and
1-24 WHEREAS, the other members of the Doctors' Committee on
1-25 Implementation were Dr. Albert M. Davis, Dr. Otis W. Smith,
1-26 and Dr. James Ellison; and Zernona Clayton and
1-27 WHEREAS, armed with irrefutable evidence of discrimination
1-28 which they gathered at their own peril on tours of
1-29 hospitals, the members of the committee were tenaciously
1-30 committed to winning the fight against injustice by exposing
1-31 the inequities of the health care system in this country.
1-32 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the
1-33 members of this body commend Dr. Roy Charles Bell for his
1-34 significant professional contributions and pay particular
2- 2 a member of the Doctors' Committee on Implementation.
2- 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is
2- 4 authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of
2- 5 this resolution to Dr. Roy Charles Bell.