Pols host Black History Month events

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February is Black History Month, and elected officials from southeast Queens are celebrating with an array of events.

Today, State Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, Assemblyman Clyde Vanel and Councilman I. Daneek Miller are hosting a screening of Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s PBS documentary “Black American Since MLK: And Still I Rise” at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL).

The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the following civil rights intellectuals:

  • Dr. George White, CUNY York College
  • Natasha Merle, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • Ronald Day, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy
  • Wilbert Kirby, Congress of Racial Equality
  • Dante Barry, Million Hoodies Movement
  • Norman Siegel, civil rights attorney

The documentary will begin at 6:45 p.m., and the panel discussion will begin at 7:15 p.m.

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The film screening will be followed by a military Black History Month celebration on Thursday.

State Senator Comrie’s Veterans Advisory Committee, in collaboration with Assemblywoman Hyndman, Assemblyman Vanel, Councilman Miller and Councilman Donovan Richards, VFW Post 1896 and American Legion Post 438, are hosting a presentation on the contributions of African Americans and Caribbean Americans to the United States Armed Forces.

The event will take place at American Legion Post 438 at 240-08 135th Avenue in Rosedale from 6 to 9 p.m.

Food and light refreshments will be available.

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