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FROM: COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contra
A :;{ Costa
JANUARY 29, 1996
DATE;
County
SUBJECT: PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1996 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
The County Administrator advises the Board that the Month of February is
-being designated as Black History Month to recognize the works and
accomplishments of African Americans in Contra Costa County, the State of
California, and the Nation.
Black History Month is a time for honoring the contributions of African
Americans who have come before us and those who are creating the historical
legacy of future generations . This month recognizes African Americans who
have shaped this nation with their courage, their dreams, and their love.
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the month of February 1996 is PROCLAIMED
"Black History Month in Contra Costa County" .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: -YES SIGNATURE:
-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
-„PPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE -,
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Emma Kuevor ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK THE BOARD OF
Board Members SUPERVISORS ANO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
DEPUTY
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Proclaiming the Resolution No. 96/36
Month of February as "Black History
Month" in Contra Costa County.
WHEREAS African Americans helped found the Nation in countless
recorded and unrecorded ways as servants, slaves, industrial
workers, teachers, reformers, soldiers and pioneers; and
WHEREAS African Americans played and continue to play a
critical economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of our
Nation's life by constituting a significant portion of the labor
force working in and outside of the home; and
WHEREAS African Americans served as early leaders in the
forefront of every major progressive social movement, not only to
secure their own right to vote and be citizens and be provided
equal opportunity, but also in the emancipation movement, the
industrial labor union movement, and the civil rights movement; and
WHEREAS African Americans in Contra Costa County have
contributed to its development and progress in various roles and
levels of responsibility; and
WHEREAS despite these contributions, the role of African
Americans in history has been consistently overlooked and
undervalued in the body of American history:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of
Contra Costa County, California, hereby PROCLAIM the month of
February 1996 as "Black History Month" in Contra Costa County.
PASSED on February 6, 1996 by unanimous vote of the Board
members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of a resolution on the minutes of this Board of Supervisors on the
aforesaid date.
Pxr
ith, Chairman
District II
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Jim Rogers District I Mark DeSaulnier, District IV
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Gayle Bishop, District III Tom Torlakson, District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
6th day of February, 1996 .
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator.
By Deputy Clerk