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16 <br /> 1 Chair Price asked if the Board should research if an apology, pardon or something else <br /> 2 would be appropriate for Bayard Rustin, who served on the chain gang in Roxboro. <br /> 3 Commissioner Dorosin said it is important to remember Orange County and Chapel Hill's <br /> 4 history with the Freedom Rides. He supported finding out more about what the County could <br /> 5 do to rectify this. <br /> 6 Chair Price said the gentlemen were arrested in Chapel Hill and held in Hillsborough, <br /> 7 before serving on the chain gang. <br /> 8 Commissioner Greene said she worked on getting the historical marker on Columbia <br /> 9 Street. She said the Reverend Jones' name is not on the plaque, due to state requirements that <br /> 10 a person must be deceased for twenty-five years before their name can be put on a plaque. <br /> 11 Annette Moore said the BOCC is so well informed. She said Bayard Rustin spent 22 <br /> 12 days on the chain gang, and he sent a letter to the New York Times about prison reform, as a <br /> 13 result of his time in Orange County. She said she would look into whether the Orange County <br /> 14 Board of Commissioners could pardon Bayard Rustin, and others. She said he has been <br /> 15 pardoned for other Jim Crow law crimes. <br /> 16 Annette Moore said there were 4 buses involved in the Freedom Rides, but 2 buses <br /> 17 never arrived. She said the original 13 riders were stopped, and after that 300 riders followed in <br /> 18 their path, but were jailed in Mississippi. <br /> 19 Chair Price said in the abstract, there is a brief timeline of the Freedom Rides during <br /> 20 1961, which eventually reached Louisiana, but it was difficult. <br /> 21 Chair Price thanked the Freedom Riders for their strength and determination. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 f. 2027 World University Games Update <br /> 24 <br /> 25 The Board received information and an update on North Carolina's progress in the bid <br /> 26 process for the 2027 World University Games, an event of the International University Sports <br /> 27 Federation (FISU). <br /> 28 <br /> 29 BACKGROUND: <br /> 30 The North Carolina Bid Committee (NCBC) is working to bring the world's largest event for <br /> 31 student-athletes to North Carolina and specifically the Triangle area. In recent months, the <br /> 32 NCBC has received requests for presentations to local groups interested in the bid and <br /> 33 prospects for the Games. The NCBC has presented to the Durham Sports Commission (DSC) <br /> 34 Board of Directors, the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board, the Planning and Legislative <br /> 35 Committee of GoTriangle, and the Cary Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Bonnie Hammersley introduced Hill Carrow, the CEO of the North Carolina Bid <br /> 38 Committee. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Commissioner Fowler left the meeting at 8:10 p.m. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Hill Carrow gave a brief description of the World University Games. He said the bid <br /> 43 committee is working to bring the games to the area in 2027. He said he is presenting to local <br /> 44 organizations because the Triangle has been designated the United States' "candidate city" in <br /> 45 the competition to be awarded the 2027 World University Games. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Commissioner Fowler rejoined the meeting at 8:11 p.m. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Hill Carrow said the formal process for awarding the games begins in September, and all <br /> 50 are working to put together the information and resources needed for the proposal. He said the <br /> 51 award process will take a year. He said the awarding committee is based in Lausanne, <br />