Westminster’s campus community celebrates Black History Month
Share on: Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2021
In observance of February’s Black History Month, Westminster College’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host a series of campus events that reflect on the achievements, struggles and the essential role of Black Americans in U.S. history.
“The month originally began as one week in February in 1926, founded as Negro History Week by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson. Though we refer to the month as ‘Black history,’ we recognize the heritage of the Black community and the past, present and future of their experiences,” said
Savannah Yamacraw ASALH Branch
Three seventh-graders from Garrison School for the Arts took top honors in the Savannah Yamacraw ASALH Branch writing contest for middle students. The poetry contest winners spanned grades sixth to eighth grade fromdifferent schools.
Students had a choice of two options, and essay or a poem or performed (video) wrap: describe the life of Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Month. Who are some of the African Americans living or deceased who inspired you, who give you hope for a better tomorrow? Tell us who they are and why you admire them.
Judges were: Martina Yvette Allen, teaching artist for Young Author’s Project, Deep Center; Vaughnette Goode-Walker, executive director, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum; Kristopher Monroe, writer and former contributor to the Savannah Morning News; Joseph H. Silver Sr., president of Silver and Associates and former vice president for Academic Affairs, Savannah State University, and Marquice L.