African Americans History

Churches remember slain civil rights leader
King forced to overcome hurdles

Jennifer Raley
THE CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS

January 17, 2005

JENNIFER RALEY T
KEYSER, WVa. —
A Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Grace United Methodist Church drew an enthusiastic crowd on Sunday evening.
About 70 people gathered in the Keyser church to pay tribute to the slain civil rights leader.

Notes of Appreciation
Supporters appreciated

Editor:

This goes out to each of the 267 people who attended one of the three nights of discussion and the movie, Cabin in the Sky.

To Al Feldstein, the moderator, very special, heartfelt thanks for his research into local black history that made each night a wealth of information. And for his personality which made each night entertaining and a safe place to share.

Musical being shown as part of observance

Alison Bunting

CUMBERLAND — Black History Month will be the focus as the New Embassy Theatre, 49 Baltimore St., shows the 1943 musical classic Cabin in the Sky, beginning Thursday.

The MGM film stars Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and contains music and lyrics written by, among others, Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, according to Mark Baker, director of the Embassy.

BLACK HISTORY CAME TO LIFE recently at Garrett College, where students and staff presented "Still I Rise...," a Black History Month program of monologues of important figures from our nation's past and present. Among those profiled were Rosa Parks, Corretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., Amy Jacques Garvey, Wanagari Maathai, Cynthia Cooper, Wilt Chamberlain, Tyra Banks, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, and Carter G. Woodson.

SOJOURNER TRUTH VISITS WITH 8TH GRADERS

Alice McGill, a portrayer of the famed Sojourner Truth, a 19th-century freed slave who fought for emancipation, presented the culminating event in a study series for a number of Garrett County eighth graders last week. Students in the classes of Elizabeth Gilbert's class at Swan Meadow, Sharon Settle's classes at Northern Middle School, and Gary Thompson's classes at Southern Middle School all read the novel Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? written by Patricia and Frederick McKissack.

Ebenezer hosts black history program

For the Cumberland Times-News

CUMBERLAND — The parishioners at Ebenezer Fall Gospel Baptist Church, Cumberland, gathered recently for a Commemorative Black History Month Celebration and Census 2000 program. The church choir and pastor were dressed in African garb and the colors and designs reflected the history and heritage of African-Americans.

This photograph depicts William Colbert speaking at the Fulton Myers Post #153, American Legion. This was on February 28, 2004 during a Black History Month program being held at the Post.

On February 28, 2004 Fulton Myers Post #153, American Legion hosted a Black History Month display and presentation. Visible here reviewing and attempting to identify a display of local black history photographs are, from left to right, Lionel Younger, John Cooper, William Colbert, Leroy "Poss" Younger, Robert McGreevy, JoJacquelyn Cooper, and Delores Trimble.

On February 28, 2004 Fulton Myers Post #153, American Legion hosted a Black History Month display and presentation. Visible here reviewing and attempting to identify items displayed on the table are, from left to right, Leroy "Poss" Younger, Charles Cheek, and William Colbert.

Speaker shares grandmother's advice
White House official never let her skin color be a hindrance
JAMES RADA
Times-News Staff Writer

CUMBERLAND — When Angela Sailor was a child, she used to sit on the front porch of her grandmother's house with her grandmother. They would rock on the porch swing, stare up at the stars in the sky and sip ice water.

"Don't ever let the color of your skin be a hindrance to doing the things God told you to do," Grandmother would say.