Holyoke observes Black History Month.
By Iohann Vega
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February is Black History Month. In celebration of this designation, a ceremony was observed in Holyoke City Hall, with a flag-holding on Monday, February 2.
The year 2026 marks a 100 years of national commemorations of Black history.
The event was hosted by Theresa Cooper-Gordon. The Rev. Bernard Smith, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, gave an invocation. Willie Spradley Jr., chair of the church’s Public Awareness Committee, spoke on the creation of the commemoration by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, one of the founders, in 1915, of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Holyoke Mayor Joshua A. Garcia read a proclamation.
Afterwards, the attending gathered briefly outside City Hall to hold the flag and sing as a community.
