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Dr. Virginia Glass Berry, with a backdrop of the most influential African-Americans in the country’s history, gives the keynote address at Saturday’s Black History Month Celebration. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala -
Representatives of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines march through downtown as parade marshals, including Schulenburg natives Willie Matthews (waving) and Randy Houston (right). Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala -
Several trucks of the Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department take part in the parade. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala -
Organizers and participants in the Black History Month Celebration included: (from left) the Rev. Andrew Stafford, Jeremy Houston, the Rev. Dr. Pamella Sattiewhite, Cathy Runnels, Janette McKenzie, Keisha Moore, and Robert Moore. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala -
Della Adams gives a speech on “resilient people.” Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala -
Blayke and Blayre Miller read the poem Hey Black Child. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
Messages of resistance, resiliency, education, and faith resonated at Schulenburg’s Second Annual Black History Month Celebration held on Saturday, Feb. 18.
“To me, we are resistant to the ill-treatment and malice,” Della Adams said during the program at Wolters Park Pavilion. “We have to resist racism, oppression, and prosecution.”
Adams, a 2002 graduate of Schulenburg High School, talked…