Tuesday, March 16, 2010

West Palm Beach Celebrates Black History

(L to R:) Regina Bean, Retail Associate at the West Palm Beach Main Office; Sybil Mainor Williams, Resource Teacher with the Office of African and African American Studies; Phyllis Reed, Postmaster of Delray Beach; and Marellius King, Instructional Specialist with the School District of Palm Beach County pose with the enlargement of the Civil Rights Pioneers stamps.
West Palm Beach Customer Relations Coordinator JoAnn Goodrich gives opening remarks at Black History Month event at Wellington High School.

Four hundred Wellington High School students attended a Black History Month event hosted by the School District of Palm Beach County's Office of African and African American Studies. Students intently listened to a Black Heritage Stamp Series presentation by Delray Beach Postmaster Phyllis Reed. Phyllis is the first African-American Postmaster in Delray Beach.
Sybil Mainor Williams, Resource Teacher with the Office of African and African American Studies, is pleased that the enlargement of the Civil Rights Pioneers stamps are on permanent display.
West Palm Beach Retail Associate Regina Bean displays a sheet of Anna Julia Cooper stamps from the Black Heritage Series.

Photos: JoAnn Goodrich

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