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Building Beloved Community 2/8/24

Learning By Learning

More than a century after the 13th Amendment abolished slavey, President Gerald Ford recognized February as BLACK HISTORY MONTH in 1976. This declaration was long coming, with many earlier manifestations such as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) in 1926 sponsoring Negro History Week on the second week in February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

So, today or this week or this month as Ford had urged “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every endeavor throughout our history.” Spend a few minutes to discover an unknown fact about Black achievement and history. And, please do send your discovery on for me to compile so we can all share the learning.

Thank you!

–Gloria Legvold, for the Racial Justice Team Planning Group

 glegvold@comcast.net

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