[Eoscstudents] February is "Black History Month"

[Levenia Carey]

Good Evening:

There is so many things that are going on this month - but one of my 
favorites is "Black History."  As it is a time to reflect and expand 
one's knowledge base on the contributions of African-Americans to our 
society and way of life.  Often times we never stop to think of how 
things came to be, or why we do things certain ways - it is our hope 
that we can enlighten  you on a few.  Marilynn Duncan, Brenton Duncan, 
NAACP/Psycho Club and myself will be bringing you daily information of 
achievements, contributions and legacy of African Americans.

This week will begin by celebrating the lives of African-Americans who 
departed this world during 2006, that have inspired our lives and made 
our nation a better place in which to live.

Ed Bradley:  June 22, 1941-November 9, 2006
He was born in Philadelphia.  He grew up in a single parent household 
and learned the value of hard work from his mother. He attended Cheyney 
State College graduating in 1964 with a degree in Education.  His first 
job was teaching sixth grade.  While he was teaching he moonlighted at 
KDAS in Philadelphia working for free and later minimum wage.  He 
programmed music, read news and covered basketball games.  His 
introduction to news reporting came during the riots in Philadelphia in 
the 1960's.  In 1967 he landed a full-time job at the CBS-owned New York 
radio station WCBS.  His distinctive body of work has been recognized 
with numerous awards, including 19 Emmy's.  Bradley's 60 MINUTES 
interview with condemned Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh (March 
2000) was the only television interview ever given by the man guilty of 
one of the worst terrorist acts on American soil.    Bradley won an Emmy 
for his hour on 60 MINUTES II about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, 
"The Catholic Church on Trial" (June 2002).  "Death by Denial" (June 
2000) won a Peabody Award for focusing on the plight of Africans dying 
of AIDS and helped convince drug companies to donate and discount AIDS 
drugs.  Ed Bradley also reported on the re-opening of the 50-year-old 
racial murder case of Emmett Till.

Carl Maxie Brashear - born January 19, 1931 in Tonieville, KY and died 
July 25, 2006 in Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA.  Carl 
Brashear was the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master 
Diver in the early 1950's.  In 2000, Brashear's military service was 
portrayed by Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the film Men of Honor.

More information on outstanding African Americans will be forthcoming.  
We challenge you to learn more about the contributions of African 
Americans to our society.  The library has a great display - drop by and 
expand your knowledge, because a Mind truly is a terrible thing to waste.

Levenia


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