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File #: 18-1294    Version: 1
Type: Proclamation Status: Adopted
File created: 11/1/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/5/2018 Final action: 11/5/2018
Title: A proclamation proclaiming November 16, 2018 as a day to remember and condemn the lynching, by burning, of sixteen-year-old, African American, Preston "John" Porter, Jr. on November 16, 1900 and to acknowledge the city of Denver's complicity in his torturous death.
Sponsors: Albus Brooks
Attachments: 1. 18-1294_Proclamation_PrestonJohnPorterJr

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A proclamation proclaiming November 16, 2018 as a day to remember and condemn the lynching, by burning, of sixteen-year-old, African American, Preston "John" Porter, Jr. on November 16, 1900 and to acknowledge the city of Denver's complicity in his torturous death.

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