Honoring Rosa Parks on the first day of Black History Month

February the first. It is also the start of Black History Month. Yesterday, a groundbreaking was held in downtown Saint Louis to preserve a major part of that history. The old courthouse will undergo a multi $1,000,000 renovation and besides accessibility and structural improvements, there will also be a new expanded exhibit focusing on Dred and Harriet Scott and the more than 300 other enslaved people who sued for their freedom at the courthouse. Now in a few hours, Saint Louis City leaders will celebrate the first day of. Black History Month. Mayor Tashara Jones, along with the African-American aldermanic

caucus, will raise the red, Black and green flag over City Hall. St. Louis is one of two cities in North and South America to raise the flag in honor of Black History Month. Toronto and Canada is the other. This will be a Saint Louis tradition for more than 10 years, or has been a Saint Louis tradition for more than 10 years. Pretty cool. Well, 5 on your side is honoring the contributions and sacrifices of black people who have helped shape Saint Louis and the. United States today at 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM on five plus,

we are airing an encore presentation of race. Listen, learn live black women in Saint Louis and our friend Kelly Jackson moderates the conversation featuring black women sharing

their personal memories and perspectives on race. This month we are taking the time to honor black Americans who forced the path forward in our country and also broke barriers. Today we honor Rosa Parks. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat. On a Montgomery, AL City bus to a white man, her defiance at arrest for civil disobedience helped spark the civil rights movement.