HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-001 RESOLUTION NO. 04-001
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA, COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
LANDMARK RULING,BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA.
WHEREAS, the 10 Amendment states:
All citizens born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No
state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any sate deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law; nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
WHEREAS, in the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling, the court found that the doctrine of
"separate but equal" concerning public facilities did not violate the constitution; thus, provided
the legal basis of segregation; and
WHEREAS, the Topeka school system was segregated on the basis of race, and under
the separate but equal doctrine, this arrangement was acceptable and legal; and
WHERAS, in the 1950's the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) took up the cause of equal opportunity in elementary school education; and
WHEREAS, Linda Brown was an eight year-old African American girl who had to ride
the bus five miles to attend grade school, while her white peers were allowed to attend classes
four blocks from her home; and
WHEREAS, the school nearest Ms. Brown's home permitted only white students to
attend; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown's parents sued in federal district court on the bases that separate
facilities for blacks were inherently unequal; and
WHEREAS, the Brown case was combined with four other cases, which indicated that
school segregation was a national issue, and not just a southern one; and
WHEREAS, on May 17, 1954, at 12:52 p.m. the United States Supreme court issued a
unanimous decision that school segregation was unconstitutional, violating the 14`h amendment
to separate children in public schools for no other reason than their race.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Carson !Tpreciates the significance
of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, and commemorates the 50` anniversary of its ruling.
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PASSED,APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of January 2004.
RESIDING O CE.�
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVED S TO FORM:
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CITY ATTO Y
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
1, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council is four; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 04-001
as duly and regularly adopted by said Council at a regular meeting duly and regularly held on the 6th day
of January, 2004, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Presiding Officer Raber, Dear, and Santarina
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas
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City Clerk, City of Carson,'California