The Bronx Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) in partnership with Council Member Andy King hosted its annual “Celebrating Our History” event on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in Evander Childs High School, Bronx. Bronx students heard first-hand accounts of the Civil Rights movement from Henry Singleton, (kneeling in middle holding plaque), an organizer for 1199 SEIU, who, as a teenager, marched with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala., and Bronx resident Harry Briggs Jr. (middle, seated) who was 12 years old when he became the first person to sign a petition in the historic case “Briggs versus Elliot,” which became one of five cases merged into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Both men were honored as well by Council Member King and his wife, Neva Shillingford-King (both center behind Singleton), co-founders of Bronx YEP. In addition, 17-year-old Muhammad Drammeh (fourth from the right) recited without notes Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
Credit: Courtesy of the Office of NYC Council Member Andy King.
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