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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. _
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: January 15, 1997
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT: Human Relations Commission PUBLIC HEARING:—Yes xx No
BUDGET AMENDMENT
NEEDED Yes xx No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext. 2251
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough-- 732-8181
Chapel Hill-967-9251
Durham- 688-7331
Mebane-227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: Martin Luther King; Jr. Day has been designated nationwide as January 20, 1997.
This proclamation will formally proclaim that day in Orange County, and call on members of the
community to join in local activities honoring Dr. King and his dream.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation and
authorize the Chair to sign.
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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
PROCLAMATION
IN RECOGNITION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR. DAY
IN ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. was instrumental in the struggle for human rights worldwide,
and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the inspiration for civil and human rights nationwide,
and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in civil rights for all people, and
WHEREAS,many jurisdictions nationwide recognize the great legacy to humankind inherent in the
work and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. by observing a day in his honor,
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
proclaims January 20, 1997, as
MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR. DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners asks the
community to join in honoring Martin Luther King by participating in local community
observances of this day and incorporating his goal and dream of human rights for all
into their lives.
This is the 15th day of January, 1997.
William L. Crowther, Chair
Board of Commissioners
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PROCLAMATION
IN RECOGNITION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR. DAY
IN ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. awakened the nation to the hypocrisy of claiming freedom and justice
for all while perpetuating segregation, a system which legalized a second-class citizenship
for people of color, and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King,Jr. struggled to break down barriers between people and to achieve
reconciliation and justice under the law for everyone, and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed to the Constitution of the United States as the guarantee for
civil and human rights nationwide,and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King,Jr. confronted People of Faith with the discrepancy between their
professed beliefs and their daily attitudes and actions toward others, and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrated how non-violent strategies of protest can bring about
significant social change and thereby inspired similar struggles for human rights on the
part of other minorities, such as women,the disabled, and gays and lesbians, and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. saw clearly the relationship between poverty and the abridgment of
human rights, and
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. set for the nation a continuing agenda for the creation of a more
inclusive and just society, and
WHEREAS,nationwide jurisdictions now recognize the great legacy in the work and teachings of Martin
Luther King, Jr., not only for America but for the world at large,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
proclaims January 20, 1997, as
MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR.DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners asks the
community to join in honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. by participating in local community
observances of this day and incorporating his goal and dream of human rights for all
into their lives.
This is the 16th day of January, 1997.
William L. Crowther, Chair
Board of Commissioners