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6 <br /> Commissioner Richards read the following resolution: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HISTORICAL MARKER <br /> WHEREAS, racial terror lynching was known widely to occur across the United States in the <br /> aftermath of the Civil War, and from Reconstruction through the middle of the twentieth century, <br /> a practice predominantly inflicted upon Black or African American men, women and children by <br /> white individuals, vigilante mobs and law enforcement officers -- to instill fear and to thwart the <br /> social, economic and political advancement of Black people; and <br /> WHEREAS, between 1865 and 1950, documented racial terror lynchings claimed the lives of <br /> more than 120 Black people in North Carolina, and four are known to have taken place in <br /> Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition has been working to place <br /> at least two historical markers in the County, one on the grounds of the Orange County Old <br /> Courthouse at Hillsborough, and one within the Town of Carrboro; and <br /> WHEREAS, the dimensions and appearance of a historical marker comply with the provisions <br /> of the Historic District Commission of the Town of Hillsborough, and the location on County <br /> property has been approved by Orange County staff, and will be accommodated into the site <br /> renovation plans; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) provides such markers for community <br /> remembrance coalitions, and approves the wording on the historical markers; and <br /> WHEREAS, the delivery of the sign may take several months once EJI receives site <br /> authorization documentation; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Manager has approved that the labor to install the marker will <br /> be provided by Orange County staff; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br /> hereby approve the placement of a historical marker on the grounds of the Old Courthouse <br /> between East King Street and East Margaret Lane; <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Equal Justice Initiative shall provide the historical marker <br /> at no charge to Orange County, shall have the marker delivered to Orange County, and should <br /> the historical marker be vandalized or similarly damaged, the Equal Justice Initiative will replace <br /> the sign, at no charge to Orange County; and <br /> BE IT MOREOVER RESOLVED that Orange County will assume responsibility for installing the <br /> historical marker and for maintaining the site after installation. <br /> This the 20t" day of September, 2022. <br /> Renee A. Price, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />