Elmont's Black History Month Celebration Documentary
The 10th Annual Elmont Online - Highlighting Success, Inc. Black History Month Celebration
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The 10th Annual Elmont Online - Highlighting Success, Inc. Black History Month Celebration
Visit HighlightingSuccess.org for more information.
"Dr. King talks with NBC correspondent Tom Petit about why he chose to "take a vigorous stand" against the U. S. government's undeclared war in Vietnam, for which he had received widespread criticism from the news media, civil-rights groups, religious and labor leaders and President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration.
2011 marks the eighth anniversary of Elmont Online’s Black History Month Celebration—an event that had its beginning when former Schools Superintendent Dr. Maria Palandra received the New York State Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award. Educators, the school community and many parents and civic leaders were pleased to see the state recognize Dr. Palandra for her work in the
the true meaning of Black History Month is in the black story of tension and striving and expectation; in the civic action, the lifting of one’s brother and the working as a community, and in the awareness and recognition of the black contributions to recorded history. |
The following year, an interest developed in nominating our beloved Assemblyman, Tom Alfano, for the state award. However, the occasion of Dr. Palandra’s accomplishment had sparked a desire to bring the recognition from
Thus, EoL’s annual Black History Month Celebration sprouted from the community and has continued to be community driven and endorsed. The first celebration was held in February 2004 in