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Celebrating Black History Month 2023
Black History Month is an important time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of African Americans in the Nation's history.
The celebrations of this month provide an opportunity for all peoples of the United States to learn more about the past and to better understand the experiences that have shaped the Nation. Ethnic and racial diversity of the United States enriches and strengthens the Nation and encourages all States to include in their year-round education curriculum this history and contributions of African Americans in the United States and around the world.
Township Council Resolution Celebrating Black History Month
Resolution 23R-43 The Mayor and Council proclaim February 1st - February 28th as Black History Month and call upon the people of Ewing Township to observe the month with appropriate programs, activities, and reflections and to continue our efforts to create a world that is more just, equitable, and prosperous for all.
Recognizing Ewing’s Own Trailblazing Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
“Bonnie Watson Coleman (born February 6, 1945, in Camden, N.J.,) is the first African American woman to represent New Jersey in Congress. She has served as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district since 2015. Watson Coleman served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 to 2015 for the 15th legislative district.
Watson Coleman resides in Ewing with her husband, William. They have three sons: William, Troy, and Jared; and three grandchildren: William, Ashanee, and Kamryn. She is the daughter of legendary state legislator John S. Watson, for whom Ewing’s Rambling Creek Park was renamed, and her tenure in Congress continues a family legacy of public service, fighting for women, economically and socially disadvantaged populations, and other vulnerable groups in our society. Prior to her election as a Representative for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, Watson Coleman served eight consecutive terms in the New Jersey General Assembly and shattered racial and gender barriers to become the first Black woman to serve as Majority Leader, and as the Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. During her time as Majority Leader, Watson Coleman convened a year-long series of public hearings on reforms to prisoner re-entry programs while shepherding legislation through the Assembly that the New York Times called “a model for the rest of the nation,” on prisoner rehabilitation and release.
Watson Coleman is serving her fourth term in the United States House of Representatives and is a member of the Appropriations Committee, the Homeland Security Committee, where she serves as Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, and serves as Vice Chair at Large of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. In 2016, Watson Coleman founded the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls alongside two of her colleagues, the first caucus aimed at bringing both the tremendous challenges and incredible successes of Black women to the fore in Congress’s policy debates. In addition to continuing to co-chair the Caucus on Black Women and Girls and the role she serves with the Progressive Caucus, Watson Coleman is an active member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.”[1]
Ewing Library Events Celebrating Black History Month
Programs for Adults
MCLS Tuesday Book Group: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Tuesday, February 14, 7:00 pm
Facebook Program
Please Note: If you haven’t already, please submit a request to join the group prior to the discussion.
The Life of Belle da Costa Greene
Wednesday, February 15, 7:00 pm
Virtual Program
Registration with an email is required, so they can send you a link to connect through GoToMeeting. You will receive the link approximately 24 hours before the program.
Non-Fiction Book Group: All That She Carried by Tiya Miles
DATE: Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 pm
LOCATION: Ewing Branch
Register for the event here.
INDOOR PROGRAM: Learn About the Freedom on the Move Project
DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Ewing Branch
CONTACT: Ewing Programming Staff 609-882-3148 or e-mail
Citizen-historians, family researchers, and others are invited to join a librarian at the Ewing Branch library to learn about the Freedom on the Move crowd-sourced database. A project of Cornell University and others, it digitizes newspaper ads about runaway slaves to provide access to the stories of self-liberating people and may also lead to discoveries for those seeking hard-to find information about their enslaved ancestors. You may bring your own laptop to contribute to the database, or just come to learn about this unique resource. Registration required.
Black History Month Movie Series at Ewing
A Soldier’s Story (PG, 1984) with Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, and Art Evans.
DATE: Saturday, Feb 4th 2:30 pm
LOCATION: Ewing Branch
CONTACT: Ewing Programming Staff 609-882-3130
Register
Loving (PG-13, 2016) with Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, and Will Dalton.
DATE: February 11th 2:20 pm
LOCATION: Ewing Branch
CONTACT: Ewing Programming Staff 609-882-3130
Register
A Raisin in the Sun (PG, 1961) with Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr.
DATE: Saturday, Feb 18th 2:30 pm
CONTACT: Ewing Programming Staff 609-882-3130
Location: Ewing Branch
Register
Just Mercy (PG-13, 2019) with Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson.
DATE: Saturday, Feb 25th 2:30 pm
LOCATION: Ewing Branch
CONTACT: Ewing Programming Staff 609-882-3130
Register
Programs for Kids
Black Lives Matter Painted Rocks
DATES: Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 pm & Thursday, February 16, 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Ewing Branch
Please register by clicking on the date and time you want to attend.
[1] https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NJMERCER/bulletins/3086e0f and https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/about