Celebrating Black History Month with Self-Help Credit Union
Celebrating Black History Month with Self-Help Credit Union
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To launch the 100th Anniversary observance of the founding of Negro History Week, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the Founders of Black History Month, announced the 2026 theme: "A Century of Black History Commemorations."
This momentous national milestone has brought Self-Help Credit Union and the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Community Trust (GGCCT) together to collaborate in creating an educational and informational display for credit union and community members. The banner, on display inside local Jacksonville branches, highlights a few of the people and events that have contributed to 100 years of Black History across Florida and the nation.
To learn more about each of the people or events featured on the banner, see the resources below and visit the photo gallery.
Resources:
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
The Father of Black History and His West Virginia Roots – Wonderful West Virginia Magazine
https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/legacy-of-leadership/carter-g-woodson/
https://archives.nypl.org/scm/21127
https://archive.org/details/sim_black-history-bulletin_1953-11_17_2/page/35/mode/1up
https://wvstateu.edu/about/history-and-traditions/notable-alumni/carter-g-woodson/
Bessie Coleman
Search results - NYPL Digital Collections
The Inspiring Story Of Bessie Coleman And Her Fight For The Skies - The History Insider
https://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/bessie-coleman
https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/iiif/2/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fz115617r/full/4176,/0/default.jpg
Richard Samuel Roberts
https://studysc.org/sc-people/richard-samuel-roberts
A new likeness - USC News & Events | University of South Carolina
columbiamuseum.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/RobertsTeachingKit.pdf
ArchiveGrid : Richard Samuel Roberts research files, 1920-2000
1717 Wayne Street | Historic Columbia
Columbia's Black history being digitized by USC archivists
Search Results for Richard Samuel Roberts | Amelia Island Museum of History
Photo Asset | Richard S. Roberts | History of SC Slide Collection | Knowitall.org
A. Phillip Randolph and Bayard Rustin
"A Freedom Budget for All Americans"
Jackie Robinson
https://www.mlb.com/video/history-was-made-at-this-ballpark-in-1946
https://www.daytonabeach.gov/515/Jackie-Robinson-Ballpark
Zora Neal Hurston
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/zora-neale-hurston-career-timeline/94/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0956fa00-c5f2-012f-480e-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0
https://collinsmuseumcocoa.org/hurston
https://www.loc.gov/item/93513271/?loclr=blogflt
President Gerald R. Ford
https://ford.blogs.archives.gov/2024/02/01/recognition-of-black-history-month/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/1im95x0/otd_february_10th1976_president_gerald_ford/
https://www.pbs.org/video/meet-press-vernon-jordan-make-it-plain-preview-n3jzgv/
Rep. Gwen S. Cherry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Cherry#Early_life
https://gscbwla.org/Gwendolyn-Sawyer
https://floridacivilrightsmuseum.org/exhibition/they-made-a-difference-part-1/gwen-cherry/
Quad City DJs
President George W. Bush
White Sand Black Beach
126 Anniversary of Lift Every Voice and Sing
https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/blog/lift-every-voice-and-sing-126th-anniversary-celebration
ASALH Calendar ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month | Upcoming Events
Photo Credits:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Jackie Robinson sliding into home as a member of the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers farm club Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/534e0710-c5f2-012f-7ddb-58d385a7bc34
Life magazine, September 6, 1963 - Civil Rights Digital Library
No Depression Features Zora Neale Hurston | Folklife Today
President Gerald Ford talks with Vernon Jordan, center, executive director of the National Urban League, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, national president of Operation PUSH, during his meeting with civil rights leaders at the White House, Oct. 25, 1974. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
Florida Memory • Representative Gwendolyn Cherry signaling her no vote in Tallahassee, Florida.
https://floridapress.org/9780813062648/white-sand-black-beach/
Black History Moments Across 100 Years
As the premiere advocacy organization for Gullah/Geechee people on the South Atlantic coast, the Coalition has collaborated with GGCCT to maximize funding opportunities and co-lead community initiatives.
Working closely with the Gullah/Geechee people at the community level, the Angel Network designs programs that reach all age groups and equips other nonprofits like GGCCT to use culture and the arts for community change.
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