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2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING <br /> THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAACP <br /> WHEREAS, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in <br /> 1909; and <br /> WHEREAS, the bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans was formed by a group <br /> including W. E. B. DuBois, Mary White Ovington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Henry <br /> Moskowitz; and <br /> WHEREAS, the charter of the NAACP states its mission as follows: "To promote equality of rights and to <br /> eradicate caste or race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; to advance the <br /> interest of colored citizens; to secure for them impartial suffrage; and to increase their <br /> opportunities for securing justice in the courts, education for the children, employment <br /> according to their ability and complete equality before the law."; and <br /> WHEREAS, during the early decades of the NAACP, an anti-lynching campaign was central to its agenda; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the NAACP played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s; and <br /> WHEREAS, one of the organization's key victories was the U. S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in <br /> Brown v. Board of Education that outlawed segregation in public schools; and <br /> WHEREAS, the mission of the NAACP has evolved today"to secure the political, educational, social, and <br /> economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the <br /> health and well-being of all persons"; and <br /> WHEREAS, the NAACP has grown to more than half a million members worldwide; and <br /> WHEREAS, historically marginalized and oppressed people remain encouraged and continue the march <br /> for the full measure of social justice and equality that they believe they shall achieve one <br /> day; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby recognizes the I I Oh <br /> anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and urges <br /> all residents to support and engage in the ongoing struggle to ensure justice and equality for <br /> all of humanity...locally, nationally and globally. <br /> This the 2nd day of April 2019. <br /> Penny Rich, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />