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■WWW STUDENT LIFE 129 O O History awakens pride
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Large bright posters, carefully planned activities, informative P.A. announcements and well-con¬ structed displays were the climax of months of preparation for Black History Week. Beginning on Febru¬ ary 11 and ending with a concert on February 17, the Black History pro¬ gram informed and entertained the student body and the administra¬ tion. Organization for Black History Week began in November. The previous Black History program had not been well structured and the goal of the 1972-73 group was to present a project that would be fac¬ tual but interesting. When Mrs. Martha Williams sponsored the first of many gatherings, the members did not know where to begin their enterprise; but they did know that they would need a treasury. To fill their financial vacuum, the Black History club members held a series of bake sales and by sheer persistence they built up a small store of funds. Next they tackled the curriculum for the week. Each day of the week had an ac¬ tivity planned. Monday was desig¬ nated Black Pride day and each Black person was asked to wear the Black colors: red, black and green. On Monday, the subject was in¬ troduced and the significance of each color was explained. Red represented the blood shed by Black ancestors in bondage. Black stood for pride in the Black race, and green was the symbol of the land tilled and the hard work done by earlier Blacks. Tuesday was highlighted by an assembly for the entire student Right: Tijuana Hudson and Joe Coates clown around with their handiwork in the background. Opposite, above: Held on the Friday of Black History Week, this bake sale was one of many from December through February. Opposite, below: Black History club members who worked on Black History Week: Bottom row: Kim Chinn, co-chairmarr, Geraldine Williams; Ann Gaskins; Louise Willis; Gilda Swanson. Row two: Mrs. Wilma Hudson, co-sponsor-, Tijuana Hudson; Steve Coates; Joy Williams, Mark Jones; Bobby Burrill; Charles Williams. body. The concert featured Mr. Anthony Aversano’s Stage Band and a guest speaker, Mr. Reginald Peerman. Mr. Peerman was invited because of two points which would be of interest to students: he worked for the Office of Education in Washington D.C. and he was a former track star. Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, was the final day that Black students sold chocolates in heart shaped boxes. This economic enterprise began on Monday to help with the group’s expenses, and the extra money was donated to the Sickle Cell Anemia foundation. Money for Sickle Cell was collected in home rooms and every day during lunch. The final sum that was sent to the foundation was approximately $ 100 . A big help to the Black History club was the Human Relations club, which was headed at Marshall by Mr. Harold Lawson. This club was only a few months old; the main idea of the club’s founders was to bring people of all races and religions together and to have them work in harmony towards better un¬ derstanding of others. The Human Relations club’s con¬ tribution involved a display set up near the auditorium. The program was on history and used several methods of presentation. Bulletin boards were decorated and booklets were laid out; there was also a small slide show. Students were brought down to the display by their social studies teachers and were allowed to browse through the exhibits. Due to their enthusiasm and vast imagination, the members of the Black History club found that they had drained their monetary re¬ sources. Not wanting to take money from the SCA, the students ar¬ ranged for a quick bake sale on Friday. The students wished to strengthen their treasury so that in following years club members would have something to work with, and then the organization could become larger and much stronger. Marshall’s Black population was only about three percent of the student body. Out of this three per¬ cent, nearly a quarter of the students participated in the pre¬ parations for Black History Week. The working students came to school early Saturday mornings and worked on the bulletin boards, banners and showcase exhibits. This week of variety and hard work ended on Saturday, the seven¬ teenth, with a concert. The concert was a mixture of two bands: “Black Love” and “Tramp”. “Black Love” was a band of Black entertainers while “Tramp” was made up of white talent. “Tramp” had per¬ formed once before at Marshall, but under a different name; the band had come in December to celebrate GCM’s birthday. On that Saturday, however, the entire group, including singers, performed. The concert was so popular and appreciated that the Black History Club began to plan other projects, as it decided to continue its activities beyond Black History Work. This section of the student body that was interest¬ ed in Black pride and history became one of Marshall’s most spirited and diligent clubs.
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