Robert Parris Moses Congressional Gold Medal Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6712 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6712 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Robert Parris Moses, in recognition of his achievements and contributions to advancing American education and civil rights. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2025 Mr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Robert Parris Moses, in recognition of his achievements and contributions to advancing American education and civil rights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Robert Parris Moses Congressional Gold Medal Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that: (1) Robert Parris Moses was born in Harlem, New York City, on January 23, 1935. (2) Robert Parris Moses is regarded as an influential civil rights activist, peace activist, public education advocate, and math literacy educator. (3) Moses grew up in Harlem River Houses and was one of only a handful of Black students at the time who was admitted to Stuyvesant High School. (4) Moses earned a scholarship to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and subsequently obtained a master's degree in philosophy from Harvard University in 1957. (5) His doctorate studies in mathematics were halted due to the death of his mother and the hospitalization of his father. (6) In 1959, Moses helped with the second Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington, DC. (7) Moses visited Mississippi in the summer of 1960, and met with local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) leaders who indicated th