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Commissioner May spotlights Pensacola civil-rights elders and Belmont Village history for Black History Month
Summary
On a county radio/TV segment, Escambia County Commissioner Lumen May hosted elders and community historians who recalled Pensacolas Belmont Village businesses, civil-rights organizing and the need to preserve local memory for younger generations.
Commissioner Lumen May opened a Black History Month segment to honor local civil-rights figures and cultural institutions, inviting longtime community leaders to recount struggles and accomplishments that shaped Pensacola. The program featured first-person recollections, archival references and an appeal to preserve and teach local history.
The programs guests included Allison Bennett, who described meeting civil-rights leader H.K. Matthews after military service and recounted threats and arrests activists faced…
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