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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The history of African Americans is unique and rich, and one that has helped
to define what it means to be an American. Arriving on ships on the shores
of North America more than 300 years ago, recognized more as possessions than
people, African Americans have come to know the freedoms fought for in
establishing the United States and gained through the use of our founding
principles of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assembly, and due
process of law. The ideals of the Founders became more real and more true for
every citizen as African Americans pressed us to realize our full potential
as a Nation and to uphold those ideals for all who enter into our borders and
embrace the notion that we are all endowed with certain unalienable rights.
Since Carter G. Woodson first sought to illuminate the African American
experience, each February we pause to reflect on the contributions of this
community to our national identity. The history is one of struggle for the
recognition of each person's humanity as well as an influence on the broader American
culture. African Americans designed our beautiful Capital City , gave us the
melodic rhythms of New Orleans Jazz, issued new discoveries in science and
medicine, and forced us to examine ourselves in the pages of classic
literature. This legacy has only added luster to the brand of the United States ,
which has drawn immigrants to our shores for centuries.
This year's theme, "The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas ," is a
chance to examine the evolution of our country and how African Americans
helped draw us ever closer to becoming a more perfect union.
The narrative of the African American pursuit of full citizenship with all
of the rights and privileges afforded others in this country is also the story
of a maturing young Nation. The voices and examples of the African American
people worked collectively to remove the boulders of systemic racism and
discrimination that pervaded our laws and our public consciousness for decades.
Through the work of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, Booker T.
Washington and George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall, the
African American community has steadily made progress toward the dreams
within its grasp and the promise of our Nation. Meanwhile, the belief that those
dreams might one day be realized by all of our citizens gave African American
men and women the same sense of duty and love of country that led them to
shed blood in every war we have ever fought, to invest hard-earned resources in
their communities with the hope of self empowerment, and to pass the ideals
of this great land down to their children and grandchildren.
As we mark National African American History Month, we should take note of
this special moment in our Nation's history and the actors who worked so
diligently to deliver us to this place. One such organization is the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- the NAACP -- which this year
will witness 100 years of service to the Nation on February 12. Because of
their work, including the contributions of those luminaries on the front lines
and great advocates behind the scenes, we as a Nation were able to take the
dramatic steps we have in recent history.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America ,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States , do hereby proclaim February 2009 as National African
American History Month. I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and
all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate
ceremonies, activities, and programs that raise awareness and appreciation of
African American history.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
second day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
thirty-third.
BARACK OBAMA

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Ms. Goodson at Thigpen Hall....she was nothing nice (at least that's what we thought" Mr. Devinini (?sp).....did anyone take Philosophy under him? Hell Week on the Yard....... Eating breakfast for…

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Okay folks after talking with the Tracy over at First Fridays Huntsville. I t would be more cost efficient to let them take care of the event planning. They will have a 3 night itinerary. Including a…

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I remember Magnum beer $2.75 a six pack of tall boys and Red Dagger from the State Store.

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Comment by Carline Thomas on April 25, 2008 at 8:11am: Is SWAT still around? Both Smitty's? One is an Omega and the other real bright skinned? Sorry all, I just had another flash back. Did they carry real guns back then?

Comment by Regina Harris Johnson on April 24, 2008 at 9:47pm: I remember the parties in the old gym. Having to "Bum Rush" the door everytime because of 25 people tryna squeeze in at the same time. Who mentioned that "Great Thigpen Hill"? Who didn't take a "role" down it, at least once?

Comment by Valerie Muse-Sutton on April 24, 2008 at 7:00pm: Anyone remember the beginning of "Inter-room visitation"! It was such a big deal then.. What about missing the cafe' and heading down to Circle K with a handful of quarters. (Your wash money). "Dougie Fresh" (President Covington)- Oh and who can forget how WEUP played the obits. in the middle of the day just as you got your groove on. "WE-UP are up?" Oh well.... We had fun back then.....

Comment by CALIFORNIA on April 24, 2008 at 4:35pm: Oh Eric add Sears to that arrest list. Man they were stealing the appliances and stuff and hooking up folks on campus! It was a serious racket in the mall that year! hahahaha Man whatchu say about our rehearsals at the old football field! Those were the days!! And when you crabbed you got taken to the old cemetary in the back of the woods. Way to scary!! And yes the maroonettes and majorettes used to kick-up some serious dirt and dust when they marched. If you were at this past Homecoming, they did it then too. Some folks in my graduate class last semester (fall 07) brought it up to me. They were like "Dang, did you all used to march like that!?" I was like "HELL YEAH!" Then sadly they said, "What happened." All I could quote is Mr. Wesley, "It's a new day." Carline, uh, I never fell down that hill behind Thigpen. Bless your heart!! lolololol I do remember all of us stealing trays from the caf to slide down the hill by CCN when it snowed! That was so fun!

Comment by Tami McGhee on April 24, 2008 at 4:35pm: Not only did I slide DOWN the hill behind Thigpen, I aslo fell walking UP the hill. It was raining and I had wet spots on my pants!!! LOL!

Comment by Derek Lee on April 24, 2008 at 3:50pm: AAMU was my home away from home...I Love all my fellow AAMU Alumnus....D. Lee

Comment by Eric Wagner on April 24, 2008 at 3:44pm: OH and my most interesting memory When every A &M student that worked in Parisians Madison Square store in spring 85 got arrested and to this day , I do not know what for to this day. . I never heard from them again, they let me bond out on my own. hey another day in Huntsville

Comment by Eric Wagner on April 24, 2008 at 3:40pm: I remember when the band used to practice in the old stadium . until midnight the week before the classic. The maroonettes directing traffic on the field . and between the majorettes and maroonettes sounding like clydedales when they would hit that ramp in Milton Frank. . My days as Butch the Bulldog being so drunk that i was about to pass out by fourth quarter. Or Going to those House of Alpha partied and paying 5 dollars all you could drink. and somehow we made it back to Stephens Hall> HOw i managed not to get a DUI while i was at A&M amazes me OH yeah I did'nt have a car until Senior year when I got my Pride and Joy MY VW rabbit.

Comment by Carline Thomas on April 24, 2008 at 1:41pm: How about parties at the FOP Lodge...those who worked at Hardees and Popeyes who would have us meet them out back for free food. When my brother was in the band I rememeber sneaking on the bus with the band, went to TN and he didn't know I was there until we got to TN. Was I the only one to slide down the hill behind Thigpen?

Comment by CALIFORNIA on April 23, 2008 at 4:38pm: OMIGOSH!!! Those were the days!!! Jungle Juice fights, jungle juice on the air conditioner or in the window to keep it cold (yeah right), the last time the Ques did their death march and yelling to support Carlton J. Wright to hold up that daggone lantern, Chuck McGhee and Tyrone Duncan sneaking into Thigpen Hall to find some food cause they were on line for KAY and they ate up our freshly popped popcorn and drank our sodas, CRABBING IN BAND, band practice until 11pm and/or past midnight, the homecoming dusk to dawn dance in the old gym then going to the caf to have the ritual food fight! All dances in the old gym with Showboat as the dj, Daddy Rich spinning music outside of the caf to have a party on the block adn skipping class to do the smurf, snake, network, the bump and the prep! Oh yes THE MALL BALL ROOM PARTIES! Especially the Sigmas "Blue Hawaiian" was off the chain!! Okay, let me stop cause I can keep going!! THUMBS UP TO THE 80s!

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