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Title: "[An history of Birmingham … With a new introduction by Christopher R. Erington.]"
Author: HUTTON, William – F.S.A. Sco
Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10360.dd.11."
Page: 37
Place of Publishing: Birmingham
Date of Publishing: 1809
Edition: Fourth edition, with … additions, and new-engravings of the public buildings. [With cuttings from newspapers, the author’s autographs, etc.]
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 001779543

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Black History Month Program 2012

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Black Women in American Culture and History celebrated
By Dave Palmer

LOS ANGELES — In his proclamation for this year’s National African American History Month, President Barack Obama stated that the achievements of African American women are not limited to what has been recorded or retold in our history books.

“Their impact is felt in communities where they are quiet heroes who care for their families, in boardrooms where they are leaders of industry, in laboratories where they are discovering new technologies, and in classrooms where they are preparing the next generation for the world they will inherit,” said Obama.

For the Los Angeles District’s observance held Feb. 23, the Black Employment Special Emphasis Program committee chose a woman as keynote speaker who exemplifies service to family and community.

Carolynn Martin introduces herself as a mother, grandmother and community activist of 40 years. She is the current president of the Los Angeles View Park Section of the National Council of Negro Women.

“Our founder envisioned an organization of organizations… we have 240 sections worldwide,” said Martin. “However, we have 28 affiliate organizations that are part of our organization. The idea was not to re-invent the wheel, we wanted to have a platform so all women’s organizations could speak."

NCNW was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune a child of slave parents who distinguished herself as an educator and consultant while serving on FDR’s Black Cabinet.

“For us at View Park, our signature programs are HIV prevention and education for women and girls and a program that I love, the Phoenix Leadership Academy for girls.”

The Phoenix Leadership Academy is a summer program for girls ages 8 to 13. The academy’s stated purpose is to develop leadership skills while focusing on prevention of juvenile crime, disease, teen pregnancy and enhancing academic achievement.

Martin handed out a flier for her section’s next big event, “Rock the Red Pumps”, which is part of the National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Campaign on March 10. According to the CDC, the estimated rate of new HIV infections for black women is more than 15 times as high as the rate for white women, and more than three times as high as that of Latina women.

“The funding for HIV prevention, STD prevention, unplanned pregnancy (prevention) is almost nothing in California,” said Martin. “Those are the subjects that we talk about and why we do ‘Rock the Red Pumps’ to attract young women, because you know, a message from a young woman to another young woman might be more effective.”

Martin made it clear that volunteers of all races and genders are welcome, stating that their programs have a positive impact on all of society; it’s the community working for the community.

On the theme, District Commander Col. Mark Toy said that this year’s campaign really resonated with him. He described the person he considered to be the most influential leader of his career… a strong, African American woman.

“For me, that battalion commander who was my best battalion commander was Lt. Col. Yvonne Prettyman-Beck,” said Toy. “When you think about what we’re doing here in Los Angeles, the motto that we have, ‘Building Strong and Taking Care of People’, I have to say that idea about taking care of people had its infancy with Lt. Col. Prettyman-Beck and how she treated me. She showed me what right looked like.”

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Identifier: royalnaturalhist47lyde
Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Frostick, W. B., former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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colour of its upper surface, by the replacement of the spots on the forehead bystripes, and the presence of only three white bars on the tail. In length it onlymeasures 6| inches, so that it is smaller than a robin. Both species feed chieflyupon insects. Writing to Dr. Coues of the Acadian owl, a correspondent observesthat, in the hollow of an oak tree, not far from Germantown, lives an individualof the common chickari squirrel with a specimen of this owl as his sole companion.They occupy the same hole together in perfect harmony and mutual goodwill.It is not an accidental temporary association, for the bird and the squirrel haverepeatedly been observed to enter the same hole together, as if they had alwaysshared the apartment. But what benefit can either derive from the other ? The clear, hooting cr} or laughter-like scream of the commonWood-Owls. -g^^^.|-^|_j tawny or wood-owl is probably familiar to most residents in VOL. IV.—10 146 OWLS. Avooded districts. The genus of which thi

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