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Sarasota News Leader February 8, 2013 Page 57 SARASOTA CITY HALL MARKING BLACK HISTORY MONTH For the fifth consecutive year, educational ma- ers and others who were and are at the foreterials are on display at City Hall, 1565 First front of black achievers in our community," St., commemorating Black History Month. the release notes. One photo shows Dorothye The displays include photographs and news- Smith, the first African-American Teacher of paper articles charting African-American trail- the Year and first African-American principal blazers in Sarasota and the history of racial in Sarasota County. Another depicts two of the integration in Sarasota County, a city news earliest members of Sarasota's African-Amerirelease notes. The exhibit will be open to the can community, Irene and Louis Colson, who, public all this month, Monday through Friday, in 1897, donated land to the Bethlehem Bap8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tist Church, which became the center for edA display also will be open to the public at the ucational, cultural and recreational activities Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, 1845 in the community, the release adds. 34th Street, starting Saturday, Feb. 9. The display has been organized again this year "The exhibits document the achievements of by Sarasota residents Dorothye Smith and athletes, elected officials, entertainers, teach- Mary Edmunds, the release points out. Educational materials are on display in City Hall to commemorate Black History Month. Contributed photo