Artist's Kaldric Dow and Alethia Jones look over the public art exhibit entitled"Beteen Yesterday and Tomorrow: Perspectives from Black Contemporary Artists of San Antonio" Wednesday morning. The exhibit is on display at the Cultural Commons Gallery located behind City Hall.SAN ANTONIO — Black History Month pays tribute to African Americans’ achievements in the nation and the world.
According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the commemoration began in 1926 when Carter G. Woodson created “Negro History Week.” He chose the second week of February because it included the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglas.
In February 1976, President Gerald R. Ford proclaimed February as Black History Month as a time to “review with admiration the impressive contributions of Black Americans to our national life.” In 1986, the U.S. Congress, in a joint resolution of the House and Senate, designated February as National Black History Month.
A wide range of events and programs are scheduled across San Antonio to celebrate Black History Month.— The Public Theater of San Antonio, 800 W. Ashby Place — It’s September 16, 1963. The day after the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This play with music uses the framework of one of the Civil Rights Era’s leading songstresses’ most blistering songs to give voice to a group of women suffering self-hatred due to the different hues of their skin.
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