Black History Month Awareness Club

Black History Month Awareness Club
350 Bolingbrook Commons, Bolingbrook, IL 60440

For Immediate Release
Further Information Contact: Felix George-708-534-3400 x5902, 630-972-9572

Community-Wide Black History Month Celebration

This year the not for profit social organization will coordinate and host the 9th annual social event that raises awareness about the history of Black Americans. This event will be held during Black History Month and is geared to all residents in Bolingbrook regardless of race and origin to assist in building bridges of tolerance and understanding. The event will be free and open to the general public and again this year it will be held at the Bolingbrook High School Auditorium at 365 Raider Way (Lily Cache Ln & Schmidt Rd.) in Bolingbrook on Saturday, February 7th, commencing at 4pm. Doors will be open at 3:00pm.

Black History Month recognizes and promotes the appreciation of centuries of African-American achievement, culture and heritage. Its origins are rooted in the efforts of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of Afro-American Life and History, who in 1926 introduced Negro History Week. The month of February was chosen because it coincided with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas on the 14th and Abraham Lincoln on the 12th. Both were great influential leaders who furthered civil rights and improved the plight of Black Americans.

This year the Master of Ceremony will be Alyssia Benford-Lee, President of the Bolingbrook Chamber. This year's featured performers will be Maggie Brown in her critically acclaimed one-woman-show LEGACY: Our Wealth of Music, Maggie describes what she does as “edutainment”. The LEGACY tells the history and evolution of African American music. Maggie is the daughter of the late Oscar Brown, Jr. a world renowned composer, social activist and legendary giant on the Jazz music scene. The program will also feature Step Show exhibitions by Sigma Gamma Rho sorority and the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the middle schools Honor Rolls acknowledgments and much more.

The general public is invited to attend. Admission is free.