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<br /> <br />Black History Month <br />February 2024 <br />Whereas:The City of Roseville is committed to recognizing and honoring the <br />contributions of all members of our communities; and <br />Whereas:Negro History Week was established in 1926 by Dr. Carter Godwin <br />Woodson as a way to neutralize the deliberate distortion of Black History; and <br />Whereas:This movement grew over the years to Black History Month to give an <br />objective and scholarly balance in American and World History; and <br />Whereas:The Month of February was selected as Black History Month because it <br />marks the birth of Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, and Abraham <br />Lincoln, leaders whose actions greatly impacted the lives of Black Americans; and <br />Whereas:The contributions African Americans made and continue to make in building <br /> our nation’s infrastructure and economic strength, as well as to our history, music, arts, <br />national defense from the Revolutionary War to present-Day military operations, written <br />words and discoveries, and inventions often overlooked; and <br />Whereas:On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation set the United States on <br />the path of ending slavery. On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans of all <br />backgrounds joined the March on Washington which was led by Martin Luther King, Jr., <br />Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), James Framer; Congress of Racial <br />Equality (CORE), John Lewis; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), A. <br />Phillip Randolph; Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Roy Wilkins; National Association <br />for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Whitney Young, Jr. (National <br />Urban League) in pursuit of jobs, justice and freedom to the Memorial of Abraham Lincoln, <br />the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, in pursuit of freedom and equality for all; and <br />Whereas:Despite all the progress, the legacy of slavery and segregation still persists in <br />our nation in the forms of Mass Incarceration, the school to prison pipeline, racial profiling, <br />educational inequalities, housing and employment discrimination, racism and bias; and <br />Whereas: In 2024, Black History Month honors the theme of “African Americans and <br /> the Arts”; and <br />Whereas: The City of Roseville invites all members of the Roseville Community to <br />renew their commitment to inclusion, racial equality, justice, creating a community where <br />all belong, and to participate in activities designed to advance the cause of freedom and <br />equality for all. <br />Qbhf!4!pg!367 <br /> <br />