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Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
The Ferrum College Black Student Union held a panel discussion on Tues., Feb. 2, 2016, to discuss the topic "Why Celebrate Black History Month?" Photograph courtesy of senior Kennsel Anderson.
Featured panelists Donna Akiba Harper ’75 and Kofi Lomotey ’74 return to campus and Afrikan Heritage House. Among several topics, guests shared their experiences on campus and life outside of Oberlin.
The event is part of 2020 Vision: Black in Focus, this year’s theme for Black History Month that honors the contributions and accomplishments of black Americans.
Photo by Yvonne Gay
Notes: Highlights of Black History—One life touches many lifetimes as family and social histories are woven into our cultural identities. Benjamin Banneker, November 9, 1731–October 9, 1806, a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer, who made the first clock in the new world; William Alexander Leidsdorff, who launched the first steamboat in San Francisco in1847; Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936; Toni Morrison, who in 1993, was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1993; and more.
Read more at: Greyhound Bus posters celebrate Black History month
Preferred Citation: Greyhound celebrates Black history month posters, 1999-2005, Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.
Repository: Penn State Special Collections, University Park, PA, USA.
Family Day at Woodlawn Manor celebrating Black History month, February 2020. Photos by Tony Ventouris and associates.
Dina Curtis, Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation and keynote speaker at the MLK 2010 Memorial Celebration Service sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. Ms. Curtis spoke of the successes through the non-violent resistance led by Dr. King. At the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., January 14, 2010.
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Sharrona Moore, the found of Lawrence Community Gardens, harvests collard greens in the garden's high tunnel on Feb. 2, 2021. The high tunnel was funded in part through the Natural Resources Conservation Services' Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which Moore signed up for in 2018. The EQIP funding will also be used to plant a hedgerow at the garden located in Lawrence, Indiana. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
DCCK prepares nearly 6,300 healthy, scratch-cooked breakfasts, lunches, and suppers each day for low-income children at 10 public and private schools in Washington, DC, working closely with local farmers to supply healthy, seasonal food. Find out more at www.dccentralkitchen.org/schoolfood/
Members of U.S. Army Japan Band joined by Forris L. Fulford, Jr., retired Army Band member, played Kanto Jazz musical selections during the Black History Month Observance, held at the Community Activity Center on Camp Zama, Feb. 13, 2013. Mrs. Yolanda Hingel and Lt. Col. Monica P. Washington were the guest speakers for the event.
About the United States Army Garrison Japan:
The United States Army Garrison Japan and its 16 supported installation sites are located in the island of Honshu and Okinawa in Japan. The USAG Japan mission is to support the Headquarters, U.S. Army Japan / I Corps (fwd) to ensure mission readiness and the quality of life of the Army community in a sustainable, transforming joint and combined environment.
The USAG-J area of responsibility spans 1,500 miles from north to south of Japan. Camp Zama, home for both HQ USARJ and USAG-J is located approximately 25 miles southwest of Tokyo in the cities of Zama and Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Camp Zama base cluster includes Sagamihara Housing Area and Sagami General Depot.
Akasaka Press Center is located in the center of Tokyo. The Akizuki/Kure area near Hiroshima is an ammunition depot. Yokohama North Dock is a port facility in the city of Yokohama, a major commerce port and a popular shopping area. USAG Torii Station is located 980 miles southwest of Camp Zama on the island of Okinawa.
We are the Army's home in Japan and the "Garrison of Choice" for Soldiers, Civilians and their Family members. We are committed in becoming the leader in the U.S. Army Installation Management Command by providing world-class installation services.
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(From Left to Right) Spc. Angelo Tovar, Capt. Hassan Khan, 1st Lt. Tiffany Smith, 1st Lt. Ronisha Banely, Sgt. 1st Class Robert Smith, Pvt. 1st Class Knyah Mattison, Capt. Fatou Kebe, Staff Sgt. Akon Che, Mr. James Hutcherson, and Spc. Savion Smith helped set up for the Black History Month celebration at the dining facility on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Feb. 24, 2023. Black History Month, also known as National African American History Month, celebrates the achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role they have played in the history of the United States. (Courtesy Photo)
Dyan Bullock of U.S. Customs and Border Protection functions as master of ceremony during the Federal Triangle Partnership's Black History Month presentation in the Dept. of Commerce Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2018. The event featured guest speaker Brigadier General James R. Gorham, author of the book Sharecropper's Wisdom: Growing Today's Leaders the Old Fashioned Way. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett
Guest speaker Brigadier General James R. Gorham, author of the book "Sharecropper's Wisdom: Growing Today's Leaders the Old Fashioned Way," tells his story during the Federal Triangle Partnership's Black History Month presentation in the Dept. of Commerce Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2018. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett
Acting National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Christopher Garcia offers encourages applause from the audience as he makes opening remarks during the Federal Triangle Partnership's Black History Month presentation in the Dept. of Commerce Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2018. The event featured guest speaker Brigadier General James R. Gorham, author of the book Sharecropper's Wisdom: Growing Today's Leaders the Old Fashioned Way. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Black History Month's annual fashion show is a celebration of black beauty, black style, and their impact on popular style and culture. The show is also meant to be an inclusive space, rejecting the norms/traditions of the fashion industry in regard to what the "model type" looks like.
Photo by Chris Schmucki '22
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)
Zion Moore tends to the chickens at Lawrence Community Gardens in Lawrence, Indiana on Feb. 2, 2021. (Indiana NRCS photo by Brandon O'Connor)