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-97 PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR. DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. awakened the nation to the hypocrisy of claiming freedom and justice for all while perpetuating segregation, a system which legalized a second-class citizenship for people of color, and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King,Jr. struggled to break down barriers between people and to achieve reconciliation and justice under the law for everyone, and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed to the Constitution of the United States as the guarantee for civil and human rights nationwide,and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King,Jr. confronted People of Faith with the discrepancy between their professed beliefs and their daily attitudes and actions toward others, and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrated how non-violent strategies of protest can bring about significant social change and thereby inspired similar struggles for human rights on the part of other minorities, such as women,the disabled, and gays and lesbians, and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. saw clearly the relationship between poverty and the abridgment of human rights, and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. set for the nation a continuing agenda for the creation of a more inclusive and just society, and WHEREAS,nationwide jurisdictions now recognize the great legacy in the work and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., not only for America but for the world at large, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners proclaims January 20, 1997, as MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR.DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners asks the community to join in honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. by participating in local community observances of this day and incorporating his goal and dream of human rights for all into their lives. This is the 16th day of January, 1997. William L. Crowther, Chair Board of Commissioners