People’s
World 39th
Annual African American History Month Celebration
'Ain't
gonna let nobody turn us around'
PUSHING FORWARD for
JOBS and FREEDOM
HARTFORD Saturday,
February 23 at 6:00 PM at 405 Capitol Ave
NEW HAVEN Sunday, February 24 at 4:00 PM at 37 Howe St
The
39th Annual African American History Month Celebration, "Ain't
gonna let nobody turn us around' – Pushing forward for Jobs and
Freedom takes
place 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to
end slavery and 50 years since the historic March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom which led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act and
the Voting Rights Act.
African American, Latino and
youth voters turned out big in 2012, in the face of highly financed
attempts to suppress voting rights. The election victory represents
a rising determination in the continuing struggle to end inequality,
racism and war. Momentum is growing with demands for public
investment in jobs, education, youth needs and immigrant rights.
The
program will be highlighted by guest speaker Jamie Wilson,
author and associate professor of Modern United States and African
American History at Salem State University in Massachusetts.
His new book "The
Civil Rights Movement"
will be published this year.
The People's World is hosting
the celebrations on Saturday, February 23 at 6:00 pm in
Hartford at La Paloma Sabanera, 405 Capitol Avenue and on Sunday,
February 24 at 4:00 pm in New Haven at the Peoples Center, 37
Howe Street.
In New Haven, prizes will be
awarded to participants in the high school arts and writing
competition, addressing the
question “What
do you see as the next steps to achieve freedom and equality?”
[Submissions must be received no later than 5 pm
Thursday, February 14, 2013] Drumming
will be performed by Brian Jarawa Gray. Children's
posters
drawn on Martin Luther King's birthday at the Peabody Museum on the
theme "Because I am free I can...." will be on exhibit.
Both
programs will include a
light buffet.
Tickets are $5 or what you can afford.
This
event opens the 2013 People's World fund drive in Connecticut.
Your contribution toward the $2,000 goal for African American History
month will keep this valuable publication going.
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