{"id":74,"date":"2023-02-11T21:07:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T21:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/?p=74"},"modified":"2023-02-11T21:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T21:07:05","slug":"council-member-mealy-salutes-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/2023\/02\/11\/council-member-mealy-salutes-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Mealy Salutes Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen we celebrate Black History, we consciously acknowledge the important roles and historical presence of African Americans in the fabric and tapestry of the United States. To know the African-American story, and for Black Culture to be represented in a proper context is necessary and it matters \u2013 a great deal. Story-telling and accurate representation restores value, honor, and diversity to the larger narrative of American history. So, when we honor and recognize Black History, we honor American History\u201d \u2013 <strong><em><strong><em>Council Member Darlene Mealy.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" width=\"227\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-560x700.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-320x400.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-1040x1300.jpeg 1040w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/Black-History-Month-CM-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>And Still we rise!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen we celebrate Black History, we consciously acknowledge the important roles and historical presence of African Americans in the fabric and tapestry of the United States. To know the African-American story, and for Black Culture to be represented in a proper context is necessary and it matters \u2013 a great deal. Story-telling and accurate representation restores value, honor, and diversity to the larger narrative of American history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/2023\/02\/11\/council-member-mealy-salutes-black-history-month\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/darlene-mealy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}