3.1 Proclamation Dana Adams ProjectProclamation
Dana Adams Day of Remembrance
WHEREAS, On March 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that
makes lynching a federal hate crime; there are more than 6,000 recorded
lynchings in America from 1865 through 1950; and
WHEREAS, the official title of the bill is The Emmett Till Anti -Lynching Act of
2022, we are here today because of a lynching in our own community; and
WHEREAS, Dana Adams, a young Black African American man was tried and
convicted in a court of law for an assault, he did not make it to prison. Mr. Adams
was lynched in Salina, Kansas April 20, 1893; and
WHEREAS, The Equal Justice Initiative, a national organization, seeks to place
a historical marker in each community where a lynching has been recorded.
The purpose of the marker is to acknowledge a serious wrong and educate
community members; and
WHEREAS, The Dana Adams Coalition of Salina has received the historical
marker that will be dedicated and unveiled on Saturday June 18, 2022, at
Caldwell Plaza;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Commissioners
of the City of Salina, do hereby recognize June 18, 2022, as Dana Adams
Remembrance Day and urge everyone to become more aware of the very
diverse history in our own community.
Proclaimed this 13th day of June, 2022.
Trent W. Davis, M.D., Mayor
City of Salina