Neptune Black History Events
Special Candle Light Ceremony to Commemorate the Passing of Coretta Scott King. Candle held by Ashley Hill, accompanied by Summerfield Pre-School – 9:10 a.m.
Message from Neptune Township Committee – Mayor Thomas J. Catley
Message from Neptune Township Police Department – Lt. Drew LaFrance
Message from Neptune Township Board of Education – School Superintendent David Mooij
Greeting from Event Co-Chairs – James Terrell, Mike Golub
Peola Smith-Smith – “Empowerment Through Education and Determination.” National President: National Association of Negro Business and Professional Womens Club Inc. – 9:30 a.m.
Jordan Flemming Recital – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” 9:50 a.m.
Neptune Township High School Band and Chorus – 10:50 a.m.
E. Tonya Greenwood, National President: Continental Societies Inc. Community Based Initiatives 11:30 a.m.
Neptune Middle School Students Recital – Words Memories and Traditions/Debate, Triton, and Computer Club – 11:50 a.m.
David Conard Briz Performance – the Freedom Stairway, Song and Narrative – 12:15 p.m.
Corey Smith, M.D. – Emergency room physician at J.S.U.M.C. Meridian Health Family, Setting Education & Financial Goals – 1:20 p.m.
Central Jersey Youth Club Performance – “Famous Americans Come To Life” – 1:40 p.m.
Peter Westbrook, Executive Director & Founder Peter Westbrook Foundation 119 w 25th St. NYC Widening the Network of Knowledge – 2 p.m.
Neptune Township Middle School Student Council Performance – “Living August 18, 1963,” “When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Had a Dream” – 2:45 p.m.
William Knox, Retired Army Captain WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, Author, lecturer, speaker – Urban Education, Family, School & Church: Foundations of a Strong Community – 3:10 p.m.
Summerfield Elementary School Students Performance – The African American Inventors Museum-3:30 p.m.
Central Jersey Youth Club, Demonstration/Step Program/Dance – 4 p.m.
Pamela Peak, Film Writer, Director, Producer ColorBlind Civil Rights Leader Alvin Bell: One Teacher Impacting Thousands – 4:25 p.m.
FILMS
10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., “No Short Climb” Professor Robert Johnson, Jr., Framingham State College, Framingham, MA. An Oral History of African-Americans and the Development of Radar Defense Technology at Fort Monmouth, NJ 1940-1959
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Documentary of the Stax Music Recording Studio & Museum. Introduced by Mike Golub to gain support for the Academy of Performing Arts & Media on West Lake Avenue, Neptune, NJ
1p.m 2:30 p.m. – Bellclair Times, Chris Williams, Esq. The story follows the editor of a town paper the Bellclair Times as he finds a link between the killing of Baby Rose in 1967 in a racially mixed community in New Jersey and another woman found dead.
2:30 p.m. 4 p.m, “ColorBlind,” Pamela Peak, Writer, Director and Producer. Scattered to the winds by the 1967 Detroit race riots a group of almost all white grade school classmates reunite at age 46 to discover how each of their lives had been profoundly impacted by their beloved African American teacher Mr. Bell.”
Events May Vary and Times are Subject to Change
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