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Black History Month Flag Raised at Government Center
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
February is Black History
Month and the City of Toledo and Lucas County raised the
black, green and red Black History flag on Monday, February
3 at One Government Center to commemorate the occasion.
Numerous elected officials joined the celebration organized
by the Community Solidarity Response Network (CSRN).
CSRN’s Washington Muhammad
opened the ceremony by asking an “elder,” as is done in
Africa, Muhammad explained, to grant permission to proceed.
Robert Smith, executive director of the African American
Legacy Project, granted such permission and Rev. W.L.
Perryman, pastor of Jerusalem Baptist started:
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