Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools May 2014 | Page 6
FHHS Black History program sends powerful message
Forest Hills
High School held its
annual black history
celebration recently,
but one that honored
many.
The theme of this
year’s program was
“Behind the Scenes
of Black History.” It
involved between 50
to 75 FHHS students,
as well as eighth
graders from East
Union Middle School.
The production
included skits,
singing and dancing,
students reciting
their poetry, and
tributes to such
individuals as Nelson
Mandela.
The Forest Hills
Theatre Department
performed a skit
titled “Dreams Began
With Dreamers,”
which focused on
East Union Middle students Abreayah Burch and Kadasha Davis perform a
famous African
praise dance during Forest Hills High School’s annual black history program.
Americans such
as Sidney Poitier,
For 18-year-old Samantha
Muhammad Ali,
Davidson, a FHHS senior
George Washington Carver and Mae Jemison.
who shared her poetry in the
The Forest Hills Chorus sang Shosholoza, a traditional South
program, the message of the
African folk song.
program is clear.
Part of the program, “Escape to Freedom,” offered a bit of
“Don’t take anything for
history. “Our ancestors couldn’t speak when they were in the cotton
granted, because we didn’t
fields, so they had to make up spiritua