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Enactment Number: R-20-0187
File Number: 7590
Revision:
File Type: Resolution
File Name: Designate June 19th as Juneteenth Independence
Day
Requesting Dept: City Commission
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Status: ADOPTED
Controlling Body: City Commission
Introduced: 6/25/2020
Final Action Date: 6/25/2020
Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS TO DESIGNATE JUNE 19TH OF EVERY YEAR AS "JUNETEENTH
INDEPENDENCE DAY" A LEGAL FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN RECOGNITION OF JUNE 19,
1865, THE DATE ON WHICH NEWS OF THE END OF SLAVERY REACHED THE
BLACK PEOPLE BEING HELD AS SLAVES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES;
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO
ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS UPON ITS ADOPTION.
Sponsor(s): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Ken Russell
Notes: NOTE #1: Pursuant to the resolution, this item became effective immediately upon adoption
by the Commission. NOTE #2: Per Directive, City Clerk's Office transmitted on 7/15/2020.
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History of Legislative File:
Revision: Acting Body: Date: Action: Result:
City Commission
6/25/2020
Meeting
Completed
City Commission
6/25/2020
ADOPTED
Passed
Victoria Mendez
7/9/2020
Approved Form and
Completed
Correctness
City Clerk's Office
7/10/2020
Rendered
Completed
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