Proc. 2016-12 Huntsville Civil Rights Movement - HA-YOU Nine Day 11-18-15
PROCLAMATION
No. 2016-12
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 soberly 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 Nine Day
in Huntsville, Texas, and urge all citizens to remember the legacy and tumultuous
struggle of these citizens to help achieve equality for all.
th
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this 18 day of November 2015.
_____________________
Mac Woodward, Mayor