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PRO CILAMATION
WHEREAS, A. Philip Randolph founded the March on Washington Movement with rallies in St. Louis,
Chicago and New York in the 1940's and organized Youth Marches for Integrated Schools
in the 1950's; and
WHEREAS, In 1961, more children were in segregated schools than they had been in 1954, when the
Supreme Court ruled that school segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) organized the first freedom rides in the summer of 1961, and eventually there were
over 430 freedom riders, 300 of whom were arrested; and
WHEREAS, Bayard Rustin worked with A. Philip Randolph to plan the "March on Washington for Jobs
and Freedom," which took place on Wednesday, August, 28, 1963 with about 250,000
demonstrators in attendance; and
WHEREAS, the March program included "Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom" and other
remarks give by Eugene Carson Blake; John Lewis; Walter Reuther; James Farmer, Eva
Jessye; Rabbi Uri Miller; Whitney M. Young Jr.; Matthew Ahmann; Roy Wilkins; Mahalia
Jackson; Rabbi Joachim Prinz Randolph; and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays. During this event,
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his memorable "I Have a Dream" speech; and
WHEREAS, Iowan Patti Miller was a 1964 Freedom summer participant and staffer with Dr. King and the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the Chicago Freedom Movement, and Rev.
Phillip Lawson became a committed peace activist as a teenager and participated in the
March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
NOW THEREFORE, 1, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
"MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM"
AND CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, TO OBSERVE THIS ANNIVERSARY IN
RECOGNITION OF OUR CITY'S DIVERSITY.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of
Dubuque to be affixed this 19th day of August
2013.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
2013: Submitted by Vice -Chair R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Human Rights Commission (DHRC)
on behalf of the Dubuque International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee. To be accepted by Sr.
Amy GoIm, BVM (Dubuque Day of Peace organizing committee) and representatives of DHRC;
Faces & Voices; the Multicultural Family Center; NAACP and the Jule (Dubuque Transit) Advisory
Board.