Suisun City’s Black History Month celebration features a ‘Rosie the Riveter’
SUISUN CITY The city’s inaugural Black History Month celebration kicked off Wednesday and concludes Saturday.
The theme is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity,” which mirrors the 2021 theme of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, formerly called the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History founded in 1915 by Carter G. Woodson.
Suisun Mayor Pro Tem Wanda Williams and the Tri-City Branch NAACP have partnered to plan and implement the city’s celebration.
First in the series was “Soul Food: History, Tradition and Importance,” featuring members of the Reed family, proprietors of Fairfield’s Chez Soul.
Black history streaming events set in Suisun City
The theme of the celebration is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.”
Events include “Soul Food: History, Tradition and Importance,” 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday; “Honoring Black Families Who Lived in the Benton Court, Suisun Properties and Suisun Bay Neighborhoods in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s,” 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday; “The Black Church: Its Historical Significance to Black Families,” 6 to 7 p.m. Friday; and an exclusive interview with 98-year-old Suisun City resident Elizabeth Tate, who was a “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II. That is set for 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday.