Changes For The African American Heritage Production

February is African American Heritage Month and Rockville will celebrate with it’s 15th Annual African American Heritage Production. With all this snow, the dates have been changed. >Karen Rawlins, Community Recreation Programs Supervisor, sent along this update:

The City Of Rockville will celebrate African American Heritage Month with its 15th annual African American Heritage Production featuring The Finest! Youth Performance Troupe. The weather has caused the dates to be changed. Originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 12 and 13, the new date (one show only) is Friday, February 19 at 8 pm at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.
Tickets are available through the theatre box office, 240-314-8690: $15 General Admission; $10 Seniors (60 and older); $10 Children (younger than 12). Tickets already purchased for February 12 or 13, will be accepted on February 19.

This year’s presentation will be an original scripted work by Rockville resident (and Artistic Director/Choreographer of The Finest!), Kashi-Tara Barrett, called The Cafe. This dynamic play is about a troubled teen who goes to live with “Auntie”, a poetry cafe’ owner. Music and poetry propel the audience, along with the teen, through interactions with African American poets of the past and present. We learn the importance and relevance of poetry, and the art of self-expression, releasing the poet within via the spoken word. For show information, contact Karen Rawlins, Producer/Manager, 240-314-8633 or krawlins@rockvillemd.gov.

Since Rockville Central is a 2010 Census Media Partner, we receive data on all aspects of life in America, including Black History Month:

To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on February 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History Month. Each year, U.S. presidents proclaim February as National African-American History Month.

As of July 1, 2008, the estimated population of black residents in the United States, including those of more than one race was 41.1 million. They made up 13.5 percent of the total U.S. population. This figure represents an increase of more than a half-million residents from one year earlier.

Maryland joins the 17 states with an estimated black population of at least 1 million on July 1, 2008, which made African Americans the largest minority group in our state in 2008.

We’ll be counting the U.S. population soon. Keep an eye on your mailboxes for your easy 10-questions Census Survey which will arrive mid-March!

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