Black History Month got off to a lively start on Sunday as the Sedalia-Pettis County NAACP and Burns Chapel Free Will Baptist Church joined forces for a program dedicated to historic and contemporary issues.
The program, entitled “Don’t Let the Past Block Our Future” featured musical performances, dramatic and humorous skits and short remarks by community leaders, including 18th Circuit Presiding Judge Robert Koffman, Sedalia attorney Richard Beard, Ward 3 Councilman Bob Cross, Open Door Benevolent Ministries Executive Director Jack Menges and Sedalia Mayor Elaine Horn.
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