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This resolution recognizes and commends former Senator Robert Ford for his significant public service, highlighting his remarkable life and career. Born in New Orleans in 1948, Ford was deeply involved in the Civil Rights movement, working with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and on Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 Poor People's Campaign. He served on the Charleston City Council from 1974 to 1992 and then in the South Carolina Senate from 1993 to 2013, where he was a member of several important committees and the ranking Democrat on multiple panels. Ford was a key member of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus and played a pivotal role in two notable achievements: leading the initiative to remove the Confederate flag from the State House and securing the African American History Monument on the State House grounds. He also sponsored legislation pairing Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Confederate Memorial Day as paid holidays, hoping to improve race relations in South Carolina. The resolution specifically commends Ford for his decades of service to Charleston County and the state, and includes a provision to present a copy of the resolution to Ford himself.

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