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Approval of the History and Education Ad Hoc Subcommittee’s Informational Display Boards on Voting Rights.
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Meeting Date: December 17, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Adam Ferguson/ PRCS Deputy Director
Phone Number: (310) 253-6685
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Public Notification: (E-mail) Meetings and Agendas - MLK Celebration and Juneteenth Advisory Committee (12/11/2025); (E-mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department Updates (12/11/2025)
Department Approval: Adam Ferguson, PRCS Deputy Director (12/11/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration & Juneteenth Celebration Advisory Committee Approve the History and Education Ad Hoc Subcommittee’s Informational Display Boards on Voting Rights.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The History and Education Ad Hoc Subcommittee was established July 23, 2025. This is an opportunity for them to present the Informational Display Boards focused on Voting Rights (Attachment 1), which will be displayed at the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2026 event in the Rotunda Room.
The History and Education Ad Hoc Subcommittee chose to focus on the history of voter suppression in America as an educational supplement to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message. The boards are arranged chronologically and gradually shift from back and white to color as the viewer approaches the current time. The headings are:
• The Struggle to Vote
• Registering to Vote: A Dangerous Experience
• Suppressing the Black American Vote through Violence
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Gutting the Voting Rights Act
• New Barriers to Voting (A)
• New Barriers to Voting (B)
• Modern Voter Suppression Tactics (A)
• Modern Voter Suppression Tactics (B)
• A Looming Threat to Voting
• The Way Forward
• The Solution
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this discussion.
ATTACHMENT
1. 2025-12-17- ATT1 Voting Rights Informational Boards
MOTIONS
That Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration & Juneteenth Celebration Advisory Committee:
Approve the History and Education Ad Hoc Subcommittees Informational Display Boards on Voting Rights.