Proc. 2016-11 Huntsville Civil Rights Movement - HA-YOU Movement Day 11-18-15
PROCLAMATION
No. 2016-11
WHEREAS HA-YOU, the Huntsville Action for Youth Movement, emerged in the 1960s for
the purpose of desegregating the local community; and
WHEREAS these students began organizing for the desegregation of public facilities by
organizing marches, boycotts, and other nonviolent protests; and
WHEREAS at the height of the struggle in our area, nine HA-YOU youths were summarily
removed to a reform school across the state for several months of abuse and
panic, until their release and return was achieved; and
WHEREAS we gather today to recognize Linda Mayes Broussard, Milford Hawkins, Ora
Lee Johnson, Althea Jones, Delores Jones, Robert Mayes, Eddie Mitchell, Ethel
Reed, and Ruthie Terry, the HA-YOU Nine.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me
as the Mayor of the City of Huntsville, that
November 18, 2015
be designated as:
Huntsville Civil Rights Movement –
HA-YOU Movement Day
in Huntsville, Texas, and urge all citizens to remember the sacrifices, accomplishments, and
contributions of these citizens.
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PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this 18 day of November 2015.
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Mac Woodward, Mayor