Black History Month: Frank Wilson, Former Executive Director of the Albany Civil Rights Institute speaks during TEAAMS Session at Albany Technical College

ALBANY, Ga. – Another month, another TEAAMS’s Empowerment Session here at Albany Tech. With this being Black History Month, they have activist and 40 year teacher in Moultrie, Frank Wilson, to speak with them today.

Frank Wilson, former executive director of the Albany Civil Rights Movement and a longtime educator in Moultrie, was the perfect speaker for this group of college students.

With TEAAMS’s- Teaching, Empowering, African American Males to Succeed – at the heart of the event, Wilson, a successful and respected black leader, shared valuable lessons and advice drawn from his decades of experience.

“It was good. You know, one of the things I think when you are a teacher, you know, you never stop teaching. And, so, I look forward to every opportunity to teach, to make a difference, because I think what real teaching is, is making a difference. And, so, when they retain what they’ve heard and they go out, and do something about it, that’s making a difference,” said Frank Wilson, Former Activist, Historian, Teacher.

With Black History Month as the focus of this session, he emphasized the importance of uplifting fellow African Americans and striving for success.

However, he reminded the audience that while Black History Month lasts only 28 days, recognizing and celebrating Black History should be a year-round effort.

“Black History Month is, to me, is a travesty because, Black History Month distorts the fact that Black History is every month. First of all, to be proud to be black, find ways to preserve black history, and then, make history by doing something significant to help those who will come in behind them,” said Wilson.

The next TEAAMS session is set for next month and will feature Coroner Michael Fowler.

Gabe Hutton reporting.

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