“I have a constitutional duty and obligation from which I shall not shrink”
Judge Ronald Davies – Sept 7, 1957Ronald Norwood Davies was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. His most infamous and celebrated 1957 ruling was of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The celebration of Black History Month acknowledges the contributions black Americans have made to American culture. This annual celebration helps to enlighten, educate, and reminisce about our countries past with a new lens of hope and admiration for our trailblazers.
Black History Month has its roots in something called Negro History Week. In 1925, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a black historian who founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, proposed Negro History Week as a way to encourage people to learn more about black history. He selected a week in February that included the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and black abolitionist Frederick Douglass. In 1976 President Gerald Ford formerly recognized Black History Month.
Joy K. and friends place the finishing touch on one of several display cases in celebration of Black History Month at Davies.