IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION honoring the life and achievements of Reverend Wallace S. Hartsfield, Sr.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20363, February 3, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, Theresa Cass Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Charlie Franklin, and Jeanie Lauer, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, Rev. Wallace S. Hartsfield, Sr., a dedicated civil rights leader, community activist, and pastor in Kansas City, passed away January 23, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Jacksonville, Florida; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield served a tour of duty in the United States Armed Forces and entered Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield graduated from Gammon Theological Seminary with Bachelor's and Master's of Divinity Degrees; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield served as Senior Pastor of Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church of Kansas City, MO, from 1962 until 1968 and from 1972 until his retirement in 2008; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield held leadership positions with many organizations including as Chairman of the Congress of National Black Churches, President of the General Baptist State Convention for Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, Vice President-at-Large of the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., Commissioner of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, member of the Municipal Judicial Commission for Jackson County, and Executive Board member of the Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield was an organizer of Operation PUSH and PUSH Excel and was one of the organizers for developing the Linwood Shopping Center; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield was the founder of the Concerned Clergy and a founder of the Baptist Ministers Union; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Hartsfield mentored severa...
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