Oct. 8, 2009
Booker T. Washington Monument Dedication Set for Oct. 19 at WV State
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
A monument honoring Old Malden resident Booker T. Washington will be dedicated at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 at Booker T. Washington Park of West Virginia State University in Institute/Old Malden, WV.
The Booker T. Washington Monument recognizes
* His boyhood home in Old Malden,
* The families of African ancestry in early 20th Century who knew him and his success as an educator and world statesman (as shown by 1900 and 1910 Census, family names are attached),
* Malden residents who worked publicly at the end of the 20th century to preserve the history of Old Malden for future generations.
The Oct. 19 ceremony celebrates the families of Malden and their values of (1) hard work, (2) equal pay for equal work, (3) integrated housing, (4) respect for a diverse community, and (5) a very high value for education as a way for all people to better themselves and their communities.
These same community values became the basis of the Sullivan Principles established by Rev. Leon Sullivan, as requirements for any nation to become a member of the World Community of Nations.
The monument will also recognize Malden residents in the 20th Century who worked publicly to preserve Malden’s historic structures and history, and the establishment of the Booker T. Washington Park at the home place of Booker T. Washington’s sister, Amanda Ferguson.
Purpose: To help preserve Malden as a historic town and proud community of the Old South where Reconstruction was a success creating a strong and successful African - American middle class community which in turn produced many national and international leaders in the 20th Century, changing forever the history of West Virginia, America, South Africa and the World. Malden is today a community which highly values and seeks to model positive race relations, continuing since the Civil War.
This is an important weekend in Malden history. On October 18, 1872, the landmark deed was executed for the current site of the African Baptist Zion Church, the first Black Baptist Church in West Virginia. This sacred building is the church used by Booker T. Washington and of many African American families in Old Malden.
October 16th is the date in 1901 when Booker T. Washington had his historic dinner with the President Theodore Roosevelt and the First Family in the White House.
Sponsors: West Virginia State University,
Hazo W. Carter, Jr., President
State University History and Culture Committee,
Judge Phyllis Carter, Chair
Pat Dickinson, Ceremony Director (304-766-3363)
Dr. Cassandra Whyte, Co-Director (304-766-3249)
Booker T. Washington Memorial Association of Malden a donor advised fund of the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Inc., Larry L. Rowe, President (304-925-1333)
Kanawha Valley Historical and Preservation Society, Inc.
Henry Battle, President
For more information, contact: Pat Dickinson, 304-766-3363
Larry L. Rowe, 304-925-1333
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Booker T. Washington Monument
Boyhood Home Of Great Educator and Statesman
Early 20th Century Families of Old Malden of African Ancestry who helped him become a great Educator, Leader and Statesman Including the Families:
Anderson, Austin, Bell, Bradford, Brown, Burk, Bush, Carpenter, Chandler, Crouch, DeHaven, Ervan, Fobbs, Garland, Haskins, Hawkins, Hicks, Hughes, Irvin, Isaac, James, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kent, Lewis, Liggens, Lovely, Meadows, Moore, Page, Patton, Price, Rice, Roberts, Rollins, Scotts, Shrewsbury, Smith, Stanton, Steptoe, Straughter, Strawder, Strudwick, Teal, Wadkins, Wain, Waine, Wanser, Watkins, Wayne, Weaver, Webster, Wolfe, Woods, Wright
Malden Residents who worked publicly in the Late 20th Century to Preserve the Historic Structures and History of Old Malden, Minnie Wayne Cooper, Llewellyn Shrewsbury Cole, Martha Darnell Cole, Mary Price Dickinson Ratrie, James F. Thibeault and Larry L. Rowe
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Booker T. Washington Monument Dedication Set for Oct. 19 at WV State
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
A monument honoring Old Malden resident Booker T. Washington will be dedicated at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 at Booker T. Washington Park of West Virginia State University in Institute/Old Malden, WV.
The Booker T. Washington Monument recognizes
* His boyhood home in Old Malden,
* The families of African ancestry in early 20th Century who knew him and his success as an educator and world statesman (as shown by 1900 and 1910 Census, family names are attached),
* Malden residents who worked publicly at the end of the 20th century to preserve the history of Old Malden for future generations.
The Oct. 19 ceremony celebrates the families of Malden and their values of (1) hard work, (2) equal pay for equal work, (3) integrated housing, (4) respect for a diverse community, and (5) a very high value for education as a way for all people to better themselves and their communities.
These same community values became the basis of the Sullivan Principles established by Rev. Leon Sullivan, as requirements for any nation to become a member of the World Community of Nations.
The monument will also recognize Malden residents in the 20th Century who worked publicly to preserve Malden’s historic structures and history, and the establishment of the Booker T. Washington Park at the home place of Booker T. Washington’s sister, Amanda Ferguson.
Purpose: To help preserve Malden as a historic town and proud community of the Old South where Reconstruction was a success creating a strong and successful African - American middle class community which in turn produced many national and international leaders in the 20th Century, changing forever the history of West Virginia, America, South Africa and the World. Malden is today a community which highly values and seeks to model positive race relations, continuing since the Civil War.
This is an important weekend in Malden history. On October 18, 1872, the landmark deed was executed for the current site of the African Baptist Zion Church, the first Black Baptist Church in West Virginia. This sacred building is the church used by Booker T. Washington and of many African American families in Old Malden.
October 16th is the date in 1901 when Booker T. Washington had his historic dinner with the President Theodore Roosevelt and the First Family in the White House.
Sponsors: West Virginia State University,
Hazo W. Carter, Jr., President
State University History and Culture Committee,
Judge Phyllis Carter, Chair
Pat Dickinson, Ceremony Director (304-766-3363)
Dr. Cassandra Whyte, Co-Director (304-766-3249)
Booker T. Washington Memorial Association of Malden a donor advised fund of the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Inc., Larry L. Rowe, President (304-925-1333)
Kanawha Valley Historical and Preservation Society, Inc.
Henry Battle, President
For more information, contact: Pat Dickinson, 304-766-3363
Larry L. Rowe, 304-925-1333
***
Booker T. Washington Monument
Boyhood Home Of Great Educator and Statesman
Early 20th Century Families of Old Malden of African Ancestry who helped him become a great Educator, Leader and Statesman Including the Families:
Anderson, Austin, Bell, Bradford, Brown, Burk, Bush, Carpenter, Chandler, Crouch, DeHaven, Ervan, Fobbs, Garland, Haskins, Hawkins, Hicks, Hughes, Irvin, Isaac, James, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kent, Lewis, Liggens, Lovely, Meadows, Moore, Page, Patton, Price, Rice, Roberts, Rollins, Scotts, Shrewsbury, Smith, Stanton, Steptoe, Straughter, Strawder, Strudwick, Teal, Wadkins, Wain, Waine, Wanser, Watkins, Wayne, Weaver, Webster, Wolfe, Woods, Wright
Malden Residents who worked publicly in the Late 20th Century to Preserve the Historic Structures and History of Old Malden, Minnie Wayne Cooper, Llewellyn Shrewsbury Cole, Martha Darnell Cole, Mary Price Dickinson Ratrie, James F. Thibeault and Larry L. Rowe
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