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New York,
New York: Mayor Michael Bloomberg celebrated Black History Month 2007 by honoring members of the elite African American Tuskegees Airmen, Harlem Firefighters, and some distinguished City employees for their exemplary extraordinary services to the City and America in commemoration of Black History Month 2007 in New York City.
Report by Tosin Mustapha
Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott &
Tosin Mustapha
February 5th, 2007: at Gracie Mansion. According to the mayor," Today, we are honoring a distinguished group of African Americans who in 1941, a year before I was born, broke the color barrier and fought for America in the World War 11 as pilots and airmen. They are known historically as the Tuskegees Airmen" Major Monroe, a Tuskegee airman and war veteran received the proclamation on behalf of the Tuskegees Airmen. The City employees who were honored included Officer Rector of the New York Police Department, Ms Audrey from the Department of Corrections and others for their dedication to the City. It was a reception for the honorees. Dignitaries at the event included Mayor Bloomberg (host), former mayor; David Dinkins, the only African American mayor of New York City; deputy mayor for Education and Community, Dennis Walcott; NYC commissioners, friends and families of the honorees and distinguished African Americans in New York City.
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Tuskegees airmen and
another honoree
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REPORT - Tosin Mustapha :
Black History Month is a month dedicated to commemoration of the achievements and contributions of African Americans to developments in United States of America. According to historians, Dr Carter Woodson, an educator and Harvard graduate and other African Americans in 1926 used to celebrate the achievements of African Americans for about a week in the month of February but it was later extended into a whole month by 1970. February was selected because it was the month of Federick Douglass`s birthday(a great African American writer, poet and Civil rights leader) and president Abraham Lincoln`s birthday (the American president who abolished slavery). NAACP-National Association for Advancement of Colored People was also founded in the month of February. The achievements of African Americans to developments in America and all over the world are just too many to be mentioned on this page.
Some of the contributors are Dr Martin Luther King Jr who was a great Civil rights leader and Nobel prize winner for peace, Mrs Rosa Park, the mother of civil rifhts movements who paved the way for self-development, Malcolm X (Brother Shabazz) who advocated for social justice so that we can all enjoy the freedom that we are enjoying today and many other Civil rights leaders. In sports, we have Michael Jordan, Mohammed Alli, Tiger Wood and so many others. In entertainment, we have Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Ossie Davies, Sydney Poitier, and many others. In science, we have Charles Drew who invented the Blood Bank, Augustus Jackson who invented ice-cream around 1832, and Phil Brook who invented the disposable syringe which is now useful in preventing the spread of infection. In music, we have Micheal Jackson, late Baba Olatunji (Drums of Passion), James Brown whom we lost recently, Beyonce, Missy Elliot, Queen Latifa, Steve Wonder and others too numerous to be mentioned.
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Tosin
Mustapha and Modinat Solomon
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THE REPORTER: Tosin Olutosin Mustapha is an educator, artist, researcher in African American culture and the president of Afro Heritage Venture. Afro Heritage Venture is a not for profit organization dedicated to improving cultural and educational services in the community since 2002.
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Mayor
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