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MINUTESY ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH November 28, 2018 S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2018 Agenda & Abstracts/ November Page 2 seconded by Barbara Chavious and carried without dissent. V. Educational Sessions A. Human Rights & Relations Update Annette Moore, Human Rights & Relations Director, gave an update on the mission and goals of the Human Relations & Rights Department. Ms. Moore began with a brief history of human relations in NC. Below are the highlights: • 1954 – Military was fully integrated. Schools were integrated after Brown vs Board of Education case. • 1960 – The Greensboro sit-in occurred. • 1961 – NC branch of NAACP met with Gov. Terry Sanford and started convincing him that economic conditions could not be improved by education and persuasion alone. • 1963 – Gov. Terry Sanford created the Good Neighbor Council. It consisted of blacks, whites and Native Americans who were highly thought of in their communities and had the trust of their communities. They became the channel of communication between the government and their communities. There were 66 biracial groups created within the state of NC. • 1963 – In Chapel Hill, the demand for integration in public facilities increased. Many believed that the south would never integrate. There was the thought that if the progressive Chapel Hill wouldn’t, then the south wouldn’t. There were many protests. Some protesters were urinated upon; while, some were doused with ammonia. • 1964 – The Civil Rights Act was passed which prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. • 1965 – The Governor expanded the Good Neighbor Councils and their duties which included tackling all aspects of racial problems. • 1971 – NC General Assembly changed the name of the NC Good Neighbor Council to the NC Human Relations Council. • 1990 – NC Human Relations Council was renamed the NC Human Relations Commission. • 1994 – Orange County passed the Civil Rights Ordinance whose purpose was to promote equal treatment of all individuals, to promote discrimination and to carry out the policies of federal rules, regulations and laws prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations. • 2001 – Supreme Court took away the right to enforce fair employment. We are one of the few that don’t have the State Fair Employment law; however, State employees are covered by the law but county employees aren’t. Next Ms. Moore spoke on some of the topics in which her department assists with including immigration, LGBTIA rights and human/sex trafficking. She also mentioned some of the legislature that affected various groups of people including the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Civil Rights Act in 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Fair Housing Act of 1968, Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the American with Disabilities Act of 1990.