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This Concurrent Resolution proclaims the week of April 23 to April 30, 2013, as "Black April Memorial Week" in California, a time to remember the significant loss of life and suffering experienced during the Vietnam War, including American, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian lives, and to honor the over 135,000 Vietnamese refugees who fled to the United States after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, to communism. The resolution highlights the tragedy of the war, the sacrifices made by those who served, and the perilous journeys of refugees, emphasizing the importance of remembering these events to teach future generations about the values of freedom and democracy, and to rededicate Californians to principles of human rights and individual liberty.