City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0229

• File #: 08-0229
• Version: 0
• Name: November 14, 2008 - Alvin Kirby Brunson Day in Baltimore City
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 11/17/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/24/2008
• Enactment #: 08-05
• Title: November 14, 2008 - Alvin Kirby Brunson Day in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of declaring November 14, 2008, Alvin Kirby Brunson Day in Baltimore City on the occasion of the 50th celebration of the date of birth of a remarkable man who dedicated his life to the furtherance and amplification of Baltimore's unique cultural history and the preservation of the legacy of those notable citizens that loved, lived, played, and worked along the historic Pennsylvania Avenue corridor; and providing for a special effective date.
• Sponsors: William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Robert Curran, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/24/2008	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Cole
At the request of: The Family and Friends of Alvin Kirby Brunson, c/o Aletha B.Brunson
Address: 200 West Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220
Telephone: 804-646-7341
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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November 14, 2008 - Alvin Kirby Brunson Day in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of declaring November 14, 2008, Alvin Kirby Brunson Day in Baltimore City on the occasion of the 50th celebration of the date of birth of a remarkable man who dedicated his life to the furtherance and amplification of Baltimore's unique cultural history and the preservation of the legacy of those notable citizens that loved, lived, played, and worked along the historic Pennsylvania Avenue corridor; and providing for a special effective date.
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Alvin Kirby Brunson, who was born on November 14, 1958, as one of 6 loving children of Abraham and Ernestine Brunson, died on March 30, 2008, a native son of Baltimore City who worked to share his gift of a unique perspective of Baltimore City's African American history and culture, by expanding his Center for Cultural Education into a cultural museum.

Mr.Brunson, a historian who served as an expert on Pennsylvania Avenue for several newspapers, authored several books on the area, and taught as college instructor a course entitled "Exploring Baltimore's Black History and Culture", founded the Center for Cultural Education that operated an African American tra...