At a regular City Council meeting on Monday, February 3, 2025, the City of Brooksville City Council proclaimed that February 2025 will be recognized as Black History Month.
Black History Month is a testament to generations of Africans brought to America and enslaved who, in the face of daily adversity and galvanized by the promise of freedom, strived for equality by exercising strength, enterprise, and patriotism. Black History Month encourages the United States to reflect on the contributions that African Americans brought, and still bring, to the United States of America.
Black History Month began as an annual, weeklong celebration that was created by Carter G. Woodson, a historian and author. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History and President Gerald Ford expanded the length of the celebration from a week to a month in 1976.
The City Council calls all upon the people of the City of Brooksville to observe Black History Month with appropriate programs and activities.
To view the Black History Month Proclamation, visit https://www.cityofbrooksville.us/DocumentCenter/View/2614/Black-History-Month-Proclamation-2025.