E-3 Black History WeekWhereas Blacks have been in this country for over 350
years and have been and are major contributors to this
nation's development, economic status, and inte~--nationai'
influence,
l~ereas ~e are in our Bi-Centennial Year~ celebrating
and reflecting on the nation's developing era,
~ereas the history of Kansas incorporates much of the
history of the slave era amd in more recent years
the movement to~,.,,ard equnl rights for all people,
witness Bro~.zn vs~ Topeka~
~/hereas x~:e recognize t~at all people must ~ork even
more closely togetb, er for the co~on g~o~-~ of aI~
people as spelled out in o~- Constitution and B~ll
of Rights ~
[.,.*heraa~ Bl.,~ck~ hex. re_ been
..... ~,ansa_~ an(] esr, et.Jelly in
the S:no~..'ey Hill Val!.s~y l-:cfo:~:~:~ and immc:di.?/e!y after
the Civil War
['~ere. n.s locally ~h~..F.,'{-C.~,nte,n,~'i,?.l celebrat~ion inclu:],as
all those x~Tho choose ,to pa'r~;icipate~
~.~hareas the month of February coptains m.~ny significant
dates relevant to the history of Black ¢ooole~
Be it resolved that: the City of Saline declare t,be v~eek
of February o+.,. to TM ' ry ~..5th as Black
Submitted by the
Sisters of Soul
February 9, !976