Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVING THE FLYING OF THE OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH FLAG DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE COMMEMORATING JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY OF CARSON (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This agenda is item being presented at the request of Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes.
Since its incorporation in 1968, the City of Carson has advocated for justice and freedom for all. The Mayor and City Council remain vigilant that the residents of Carson enjoy a quality of life that is equal for all. Through advocacy and community education efforts, there has been increased attention paid to the Juneteenth holiday.
Juneteenth, also known as "Juneteenth Independence Day," "Emancipation Day," "Emancipation Celebration," and "Freedom Day," is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
On June 18, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed a bill to recognize June 19, 2021, as Juneteenth Day of Observance, the celebration to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States as a federal holiday. The City of Carson would like to fly the nationally recognized flag during the month of June moving forward.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
APPROVE the flying of a flag at City Hall during the month of June commemorating Juneteenth in Carson.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action that the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
On June 19, 1865, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans of General Order Number 3: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that betwee...
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