HomeMy WebLinkAbout2633RESOLUTION NO. 2633
A RESOLUTION naming the city building at 612 Fifth Street for
'Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior."
WHEREAS, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. lived in pursuit of a dream for freedom,
equality and dignity for all races; and
WHEREAS, he is known as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement which inspired
Congress to grant all Americans an equal right to vote, the dght to use public facilities and the
right to receive a public education; and
WHEREAS, King was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing wordwide to
the furtherance of peace among mankind, and
WHEREAS, King stressed that all people should be treated with respect and use
peaceful resolutions and voting rather than violence, thereby ending years of oppression; and
WHEREAS, the city building located at 612 Fifth Street is home to the Kitsap Regional
Library Bremerton Branch and provides a service for people of all races, religions and economic
levels; and
WHEREAS, the library offers a myriad of services for people with a multitude of special
needs in the spirit of Dr. King's work; and
WHEREAS, the library building was built in the same era as the Civil Rights Movement
and is an appropriate gathering place for groups and individuals to pay tdbute to the belief in
equality, freedom and humanity; and
WHEREAS, after considering the requests from over fifteen community organizations and
a resolution from the Board of Directors of the Kitsap Regional Library; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the city building
located at 612 Fifth Street be named the "Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Building."
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 19th day of November, 1997.
David Farr
City Council President
APPROVED this 24th day of November, 1997
Lynn Horton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk
,1997.
~y~orton, Mayor