ADOPTED - FEBRUARY 23, 1999

Agenda Item No. 2

Introduced by the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" IN INGHAM COUNTY

RESOLUTION #99-30

WHEREAS, Carter G. Woodson was born to parents who had been slaves, and could not read or write; and

WHEREAS, Carter Woodson had to work to earn money for the family and started school later than most children; and

WHEREAS, he became a high school teacher and was saddened to discover that none of the schools taught the history of black Americans; and

WHEREAS, Carter G. Woodson started the American Negro Academy to study the important accomplishments of black people, and on February 19, 1926 established "Negro History Week" which is now called "Black History Month" in the United States.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby recognizes the month of February as "Black History Month" in Ingham County.

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Virgil Bernero Jean M. McDonald Alfreda Schmidt

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John Czarnecki Thomas Minter Michael Severino

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Mark Grebner Paul C. Pratt Anne Smiley

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Wallace Juall Randy Schafer Mary Stid

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Calvin Lynch