Black History - 150th Anniversary California Colored Convention Movement

Black History in California remains an 'taboo' subject in many places of our great state.

Imagine the once great California Department of Education completely afraid to include authentic California History in the standards and practices of early education.

California students are not taught the positive contributions of people of African ancestry here in the Golden State. Anderson Norris, Sylvia Stark, William Leidesdorff, Charles Young, Allen Light and many, many authentic significant figures in California History are not acknowledged.

It is very difficult to teach self-esteem without showcasing 'self.'

Imagine the President of the first California Public School Board and builder of the first public school in California not mentioned in a 21st Century education, simply because of his ethnicity.

The 8th Annual California Black History Month Reception, builds upon a long, wonderful legacy of civic responsibility, during the 150th Anniversery of the California Colored Convention Movement.

This year, the City of Folsom is recognized for a demonstrated effort to embrace the contribution of people of African ancestry, telling an authentic broader story of multi-ethnic inclusion.

Join us for a lively evening of California Black History and experience the closing of a wonderful exhibt of the first railroad west of the Mississippi, originally surveyed from our California State Capitol, Sacramento to Negro Bar, CA.

Bring your camera's to capture rare images of people of African ancestry in Gold Rush California (1845 - 1855.)