Fort Sill Hosts Black History Celebration Luncheon
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FORT SILL Okla_ Fort Sill celebrated
Black History Month Thursday, as soldiers and guests of the 434th Field Artillery
Brigade packed the Patriot Club.
Thursday was
the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary
of the historic march on Washington.
That was the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have a Dream"
speech.
Cameron University Vice President Albert Johnson, Jr. was keynote
speaker.
"If we
don't pass it on, our ability to share that knowledge for people to understand
those struggles really don't get moved," Johnson said. "It just stays, and when
they pass on, it passes on with them."
Johnson said in
the closing remarks that the Emancipation Proclamation has had a direct effect
on the Lawton/Fort Sill community, and the community's diversity is helping the
city to prosper.
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