{"id":11170,"date":"2024-02-15T14:44:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=11170"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:44:55","slug":"lucas-county-commissioners-commemorate-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/lucas-county-commissioners-commemorate-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas County Commissioners Commemorate Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11171\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11171\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Wesley-Harper-Com.-Anita-Lopez_-Com.-Lisa-Sobecki-Robert-Smith-Com.-Pete-Gerken-George-Snelling-Deb-and-Rick-Hogan-from-The-Juice-107.3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wesley Harper, Com. Anita Lopez_ Com. Lisa Sobecki, Robert Smith, Com. Pete Gerken, George Snelling, Deb and Rick Hogan from The Juice 107.3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>The Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Lucas County Commissioners kicked off their commemoration of Black History Month by acknowledging and honoring the efforts of two local groups to preserve local history.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Smith of the African American Legacy Project and Washington Muhammad and Jodie Summers of the Community Solidarity Response Network received resolutions from the commissioners thanking them for being \u201csilent warriors of history and trying to keep Toledo\u2019s history alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one will be erased from history,\u201d said Pete Gerken, president of the Board of Commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want an opportunity to share our culture and contribute to the economic well-being of the community,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The African American Legay Project has memorialized the history and contributions of Toledo\u2019s African American community and individuals during the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Community Solidarity Response Network is s group active in social and political causes to advance the well being of the African American community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11172\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11172\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jodie-Summers-Commissioners-Anita-Lopez-and-Lisa-Sobecki-Rashid-Spencer-Washington-Muhammad-Commissioner-Pete-Gerken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jodie Summers, Commissioners Anita Lopez and Lisa Sobecki, Rashid Spencer, Washington Muhammad, Commissioner Pete Gerken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff The Lucas County Commissioners kicked off their commemoration of Black History Month by acknowledging and honoring the efforts of two local groups to preserve local history. Robert Smith of the African American Legacy Project and Washington Muhammad and Jodie Summers of the Community Solidarity Response Network received resolutions from the commissioners thanking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[216],"class_list":["post-11170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11173,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11170\/revisions\/11173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11170"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=11170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}