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Tumwater proclaims February 2025 Black History Month; local museum invites schools
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Tumwater City Council presented a proclamation naming February 2025 Black History Month, highlighted the 2025 theme “African Americans and labor,” and heard from Dr. Thelma Jackson about a local Black history museum and outreach to school districts.
At its Feb. 4, 2025, meeting, the Tumwater City Council proclaimed February 2025 as Black History Month and presented the proclamation to Dr. Thelma Jackson.
The proclamation, read by Mayor Debbie Sullivan, highlighted local and national milestones cited in the text including George Bush as an early Black settler in the area and Carter G. Woodson’s establishment of Negro History Week, later Black History Month. The document named the 2025 national theme, “African American and labor,” and called on…
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