Students Celebrate Black History Month 
with Read-In at TUSD Headquarters 

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala, 225-6437
Posted on: February 1, 2006

Students from Jefferson Park Elementary School, Mansfeld Middle School, Tucson High Magnet School, and Ft. Lowell Elementary School will read selections by African-American authors in celebration of Black History Month during a Read-In from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 6 at TUSD’s Morrow Education Center, 1010 E. 10th St.

Organized by TUSD’s African American Studies Department and Library Services, the Read-In at the center as well as other read-ins throughout TUSD will be hosted by librarians and African American Studies Department staff in numerous schools including: Erickson, Reynolds, Dietz, Marshall, Maldonado,Van Buskirk, Menlo Park, Secrist, Magee, Bonillas, Vesey, Holladay, and Tucson High. 

The African American Studies Department strives to improve the academic achievement of African American students and to promote cultural sensitivity by working collaboratively with the TUSD community. Staff professionals assist students in the areas of academics and behavior management to improve the student achievement. For more information, please visit the African American Studies Department website at: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/Aa/index.html 

What has become known as Black History Month evolved from the efforts of Carter G. Woodson, an historian, educator, author, and intellectual, to establish Negro History Week, which was inaugurated in February of 1926. The purpose of Negro History Week was to promote greater awareness of African American achievements. Woodson is known as the “Father of Black History.”

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