City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0707

• File #: 07-0707
• Version: 0
• Name: Parren J. Mitchell: 1922-2007 - A Champion of Social Justice
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 6/4/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/13/2007
• Enactment #: 07-026
• Title: Parren J. Mitchell: 1922-2007 - A Champion of Social Justice FOR the purpose of paying tribute to Parren J. Mitchell, Baltimore's native son, Maryland's 1st black Congressman, and America's social conscience, expressing appreciation for his many contributions to achieving a more equal and just society for all, and providing for a special effective date.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Keiffer Mitchell, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Vernon E. Crider
• Indexes: Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/13/2007	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
6/4/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
6/4/2007	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
6/4/2007	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
6/4/2007	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.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake, Councilmembers Mitchell, Holton, Curran,Welch


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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Parren J. Mitchell: 1922-2007 - A Champion of Social Justice

FOR the purpose of paying tribute to Parren J. Mitchell, Baltimore's native son, Maryland's 1st black Congressman, and America's social conscience, expressing appreciation for his many contributions to achieving a more equal and just society for all, and providing for a special effective date.
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Parren J. Mitchell, elected in 1970 to the first of 8 terms in Congress from the 7th district after holding positions in 2 Mayoral administrations and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, worked dauntlessly throughout his 16 years of representing Baltimore to ensure that minority businesses received an equitable share of tax-funded public works projects and to bring attention to instances of job discrimination on Baltimore's waterfront and at the Social Security Administration headquarters, in Woodlawn.

The younger brother of Clarence J. Mitchell, Jr., the NAACP lobbyist and Civil Rights icon, committed his life to attaining racial equality upon hearing his elder brother's account of the lynching of a black man in the South, and he never wavered from that goal, serving as Executive Director of the Baltimore Community Action Agency for 2 administrations where he mediated relations betwe...