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Item: 5.a .AL V JUL Black History Month February 2016 Whereas: The City of Roseville is committed to recognizing and honoring the contributions of all members of our community; and Whereas: Negro History Week was established in 1926 by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson as a way to neutralize the deliberate distortion of Black History; and Whereas: This movement grew over the years to Black History Month to give an objective and scholarly balance in American and World History; and Whereas: The month of February was selected as Black History Month because it marks the birth of Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes and Abraham Lincoln, leaders whose actions greatly impacted the lives of the American black population; and Whereas: The contributions African Americans made to our nation's economic strength as well as to our history, music, arts, written words and discoveries are often overlooked; and Whereas: On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation set the United States on the path of ending slavery, and on August 27, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans,blacks and whites, joined the March on Washington to the memorial of Abraham Lincoln,the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, in pursuit of the ideal of equality of citizenship; and Whereas: In 2017, Black History Month honors "The Crisis in Black Education," focusing on the crucial role of education in the history of African Americans; and Whereas: The City of Roseville invites all members of the Roseville community to renew their commitment to ensuring racial equality,understanding and justice. Now, Therefore Be It Resolved that the City Council hereby declare February 2016 to be Black History Month in the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, U.S.A. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Roseville to be affixed this thirtieth day of January 2017. Mayor Daniel J. Roe