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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WHERAS, In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the importance of Black history and doing the scholarly work of creating the canon was a cornerstone of civil rights, and;
WHERAS, September of 1915, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting the achievements of Black Americans and other peoples of African descent, and;
WHERAS, Woodson, an American historian, journalist, and author was in the forefront of highlighting the achievements of Blacks through the efforts of ASNLH earning him the esteemed title of the "Father of Black History," and;
WHERAS, ASNLH sponsored national Negro History Week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures, and;
WHERAS, In 1976, Negro History Week evolved into Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom also devote a month to celebrating Black history, and;
WHERAS, Cook County shares in a significant impact on Black history witnessed in the lives and legacies of past Cook County Board presidents John Stroger, Bobbie E. Steele, Todd Stroger, and current president Toni Preckwinkle, and;
WHERAS, Cook County is where some prominent African Americans were first in leadership to include Cecil A. Partee, Carol Moseley Braun, Jesse White, Dorothy Brown, John Jones, Josephine B. Sneed, and Wilson Frost; and,
WHERAS, Commissioners Tara Stamps, Dennis Deer, Bill Lowry, Stanley Moore, Monica Gordon, and Donna Miller are contributors to Black history in their own way, and;
WHERAS, Cook County employs a host of African Americans w...
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