City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0140R

• File #: 06-0140R
• Version: 0
• Name: Black History Month - February 2006
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/6/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/6/2006
• Title: Black History Month - February 2006 FOR the purpose of paying tribute to people of African descent by celebrating their indomitable spirit, sustaining faith, and indefatigable psyche that enabled them to overcame the horrors of their plight in the diaspora, celebrating the many positive contributions that they have made to our nation and to our City despite the nearly insurmountable odds of legislatively sanctioned bigotry, prejudice, and segregation, and encouraging residents of, and visitors to, our great city to visit the many historical and cultural attractions that are the legacy of our proud black ancestors.
• Sponsors: President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, Paula Johnson Branch, President Young, Kenneth Harris, Keiffer Mitchell, Edward Reisinger, James B. Kraft, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Black History Month, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/6/2006	0	City Council	Adopted
2/6/2006	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Dixon


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Black History Month - February 2006

FOR the purpose of paying tribute to people of African descent by celebrating their indomitable spirit, sustaining faith, and indefatigable psyche that enabled them to overcame the horrors of their plight in the diaspora, celebrating the many positive contributions that they have made to our nation and to our City despite the nearly insurmountable odds of legislatively sanctioned bigotry, prejudice, and segregation, and encouraging residents of, and visitors to, our great city to visit the many historical and cultural attractions that are the legacy of our proud black ancestors.
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We owe the celebration of Black History Month, and the study of black history, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson who was born to parents who were former slaves. He spent his childhood working in the Kentucky coal mines and did not enroll in high school until the age of 20. After graduating from high school in 2 years, Dr. Woodson earned a Ph.D. from Harvard. During his time at Harvard, the scholar found that history books largely ignored the black American population - and when blacks were included they were portrayed as inferiors and in negative stereotypes.

Dr. Woodson undertook the challenge of writing black Americans into the nation's history by establishing the Association for the Study of Negro Life a...