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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
RESOLUTION DEPLORING THE ATTACKS ON BLACK CHURCHES AND
CALLING FOR COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY IN OPPOSING SUCH UNLAWFUL
ACTS
WHEREAS,there have been a growing number of attacks on black churches in the South since
1990, including the burning of Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Orange County in 1995, and
WHEREAS, there have been more than 30 churches that have been attacked or vandalized in this
year alone, with threats on churches in neighboring Durham County and the burning of Matthews
Murkland Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, and
WHEREAS, these attacks on the most revered and stable institutions of the African American
community revive painful memories of church bombings during the Civil Rights Movement and
earlier, have a chilling effect on the African American members of our community, and attempt to
polarize residents of Orange County, and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners deplores such unlawful attacks and the
atmosphere that gives rise to racially motivated violence, and is committed to ensuring that all its
residents are free to live and worship without the threat of hate crimes, and
WHEREAS the Orange County Board of Commissioners desires to continue promoting a climate
in our community that finds such actions intolerable and that encourages mutual understanding
and acceptance among all its residents,
THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners deplores
the threats, vandalism and burning of black churches; opposes all forms of racially-motivated
violence; and calls for community solidarity in opposing such unlawful acts and for a renewed
commitment to mutual understanding and acceptance among all residents of Orange County.
This, the 26th day of June, 1996.
Moses Carey, Jr., Chair
P.O. BOX 8181 * HILLSBOROUGH, (NORTH CAROLINA 0 919/732-8181