RESOLUTION NO. 960292

Welcoming the NAACP Annual Region IV Leadership Conference to Kansas City.

WHEREAS, The Kansas City, Kansas Branch of the NAACP is hosting this year's Annual Region IV Leadership Conference at the Adam's Mark Hotel on March 21-23, 1996; and

WHEREAS, Region IV is primarily made up of ten states - Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa and Montana; and

WHEREAS, the Association is 87 years old and speaks effectively to the advocacy of civil and human rights of all Americans; more specifically African Americans; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby welcome the participants in this years NAACP Annual Region IV Leadership Conference to Kansas City, Missouri; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council and that copies hereof be presented to Region IV of the NAACP in token of the respect and appreciation for the efforts taken on behalf of the civil rights and civil liberties of all people including the citizens of Kansas City.

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