Celebrating Black History Month
-Submitted photo <br> Black History Month Celebration attendees Shawn Gully, Ann Foy, Shanesha Gully and Helen Gully play Black History Trivia. Niki Conrad and Roger Natte (not pictured) were the moderators.
-Submitted photo <br> Some of the attendees gathered for a photo at the Black History Celebration held at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum on Tuesday.
-Submitted photo <br> “The Family Wall” named some of the Pleasant Valley families, along with an Blanden Memorial Art Museum Exhibit Book from the recent Black History Exhibit, along with the 2024 Fort Dodge Black History Proclamation from the Mayor’s Office. Statues of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, and poet Maya Angelo, are shown, along with other African American ladies statues.
-Submitted photo <br> Roger Natte, second from left, asks the group an Iowa Black history trivia question as one of the moderators. Sitting nearby are Terry Story and Niki Conrad.
-Submitted photo <br> The Pleasant Valley Awareness Black History display is shown at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum. The Blanden, Roger Natte and Charlene Washington contributed to the display.
-Submitted photo <br> Black History Month Celebration attendees Shawn Gully, Ann Foy, Shanesha Gully and Helen Gully play Black History Trivia. Niki Conrad and Roger Natte (not pictured) were the moderators.
-Submitted photo <br> Some of the attendees gathered for a photo at the Black History Celebration held at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum on Tuesday.
-Submitted photo <br> “The Family Wall” named some of the Pleasant Valley families, along with an Blanden Memorial Art Museum Exhibit Book from the recent Black History Exhibit, along with the 2024 Fort Dodge Black History Proclamation from the Mayor’s Office. Statues of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, and poet Maya Angelo, are shown, along with other African American ladies statues.
-Submitted photo <br> Roger Natte, second from left, asks the group an Iowa Black history trivia question as one of the moderators. Sitting nearby are Terry Story and Niki Conrad.
-Submitted photo <br> The Pleasant Valley Awareness Black History display is shown at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum. The Blanden, Roger Natte and Charlene Washington contributed to the display.
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A Black History Month celebration was held Tuesday evening at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum. Displays showing items of interest to local Black history were on display. The Blanden, Roger Natte, Charlene Washington, Shawn Roberts and Gwenda Naylor participated in setting up the displays.