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May 25, 2023 was declared Bobo Brazil Day in the State of Arkansas in conjunction with Brazil posthumously being named to the Arkansas Walk of Fame in Little Rock on 5/27.
Brazil, real name Houston Harris, wrestled from 1951 through 1993 and was considered an extremely important name in terms of breaking down racial segregation in the professional wrestling world.
The Proclamation from Arkansas State Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders read as follows:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS:
WHEREAS: Bobo Brazil was born in Little Rock, Arkansas as Houston Harris in 1924;
WHEREAS: Bobo is credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling
WHEREAS: His career was from 1951-1993. He won over 50 championships including the World Wrestling Federation (World Wrestling Entertainment) United States Championship seven times; and
WHEREAS: He was inducted into the World Wrestling Federation Hall of Fame in 1994 and The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2008;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, Governor of the State Arkansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the States of Arkansas do hereby proclaim May 27, 2023, as
"BOBO BRAZIL DAY"
and urge the citizens of the state to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 25th day of May, in the year of our Lord 2023.
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The Walk of Fame is located at Hill Wheatley Plaza in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas at the corner of Central Ave and Spring Street, by the Visitor Center.
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