Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
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LDS church explores black history with special events In honor of Black History Month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) will once again celebrate Black Family History. Two major events are planned, a Black Family History Leadership Symposium in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 28, and a special Fireside meeting on Sunday, Feb. 29 at the Jonesboro Stake Center, 2100 Jodeco Rd., in Jonesboro. The Atlanta event, “Gather Your Roots,” will be held at the Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd., NW, from 9 a.m. until noon. Admission is free for this event, designed to bring together leaders of the African American community to share with each other, and to learn how to make black family history a greater part of who they are and what they do. The Leadership Symposium will focus on a broad range of topics, from searching out roots and recording the life stories of one’s ancestors, to setting up community programs and helping others search out their roots. The Jonesboro Stake event, “Celebrating African American Pioneers,” will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will include an open house for the Stake Center’s Family History Center. The Jonesboro Stake includes Church units in Newnan, Sharpsburg, Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Stockbridge, Griffin and Thomaston. Stake President David H. Ingram will preside at “Celebrating African American Pioneers,” which is also free and open to the public. Attendance at “Gather Your Roots” is limited to 350, and pre-registration is requested. Registration may be done via the Internet at www.LDStoday.com/BFHD, by fax (770) 931-2530 or by mail, Atlanta BFHD Symposium, 4985 Chartley Circle SW, Lilburn, GA 30047. The program for “Gather Your Roots” will include presentations on Internet and CD-based research resources, local sources of family history data and finding African American resources. In addition a panel discussion on gathering, recording and saving personal family histories will be held, and all attendees are free to visit the Atlanta History Center’s museum afterwards. The LDS Church also willhonor three prominent members of the African American community — Marjorie Young, Georgia National Liaison of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority; Charles Johnson, coordinator of Grandparents Expo; and Herman J. Russell, founder of H.J. Russell & Co., a leading Atlanta-based construction development and property management firm.
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