BlackVoices Volume 14 is now available to read online
BlackVoices Vol 14 The Black History Issue
“Education means emancipation. It means light and Liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.”
-Fredrick Douglass
In this issue:
- Inequality in Sussex County
- Dignity Backpack Project
- Relationship matters!
- Calvin Jackson
- Reverend George Edwards Sr., Pastor of the Community
- Legacy of Frederick Thomas: Empowering Lives, One Student at a Time
- Seaford Community of Hope
- Roots Planted Bearing Nursing Fruit
- Lewes African American Heritage Commission
This 14th edition of Black Voices focuses on Black History Month, an annual event established by Carter G. Woodson, Historian, and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, in 1926. The intent was to encourage the coordinated teaching of the History of Black Americans in the Nation’s public schools.
Dr. Woodson is quoted as saying, “If a race has no history, it has no worldwide tradition, becoming a neglected factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” The event started as “Negro History Month” and became a monthly event in 1970.
