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Montgomery County celebrates Black History Month centennial and honors local leaders
Summary
The County Council held its Black History Month commemoration Feb. 3, honoring former county executive Ike Leggett, Judge Carla Smith and Jason Green for leadership and community service; the council also highlighted the Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation’s work on local lynching memorials and markers.
On Feb. 3 the Montgomery County Council held its annual Black History Month commemoration, marking the national centennial observance and honoring local leaders for civic contributions.
Council President Natalie Fani Gonzalez and multiple councilmembers paid tribute to former county executive Ike Leggett, Judge Carla Smith (recently named administrative judge for the circuit court), and Jason Green, chair of the Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation. A video presented at the session recounted Leggett’s public service and the commission’s work to document and memorialize local racial violence and to install county markers at lynching sites.
Councilmembers spoke about preserving and teaching accurate history, and several referenced the commission’s established markers in Rockville and Poolesville. The council presented proclamations and invited honorees forward for photographs and a reception.
