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WHEREAS, in 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Rev. Jesse E. Moorland co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. (ASNLH). Their collaborative mission was to bring awareness to the largely ignored, yet vital role black people played in history making of America and around the world. Dr. Carter G. Woodson found preeminent importance in instilling education and cultural pride in the minds of black people.
WHEREAS, Dr. Carter G. Woodson was the son of former slaves and the second black person to receive a degree from Harvard University, Carter Woodson understood the value of education. Upon Dr. Woodson's urgings, the fraternity Omega Psi Phi created Negro History Week. Dr. Woodson selected the month of February to celebrate and honor the birth of two men who drastically changed the course of history for the future of black Americans. Abraham Lincoln, the United States President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was born on February 12th and Frederick Douglass, a leading abolitionist was born on February 14th.
WHEREAS, Dr. Carter G. Woodson died in 1950, his legacy lived on as the celebration of Negro History Week was adopted by organizations across the county. The Black Power Movement of the 1970's targeted racial pride and the upliftment of black people around the country; which prompted the change from Negro History Week to Black History Week. In 1976, Black History Week was extended to a month-long observance.
WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Pittsburgh join the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Urban Recreation in honoring emerging young leaders who embark on making black history in their everyday lives. We are proud to honor young leaders who make their daily goal a mission to empower and enrich their communities and the individuals that live within them.
WHEREAS, The City of Pittsburgh's Department of Urban Recreation honored the recipients of the 2010 History in the Making awards; La'Tasha Mayes for Political ...
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