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Escambia County Commissioner Lumen May spotlights Brownsville elders' oral histories for Black History Month
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County Commissioner Lumen May hosted a recorded Black History Month segment at the Brownsville Community Center where longtime Brownsville residents and members of the Brownsville Silver Seniors recounted experiences of segregation, work, family and faith.
County Commissioner Lumen May opened a recorded Black History Month segment at the Brownsville Community Center by introducing longtime local residents who shared personal memories of segregation, work and community life in Pensacola’s Brownsville neighborhood.
“Today, we're here celebrating Black History Month right here at the Brownsville Community Center,” Commissioner Lumen May said, introducing the group of women whose memories span the Jim Crow era to the present. The program, part of May’s televised “May’s Message,” brought together women described in the program as members of the Brownsville Silver Seniors.
The participants — several of whom described decades of work in…
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