Pike County High School celebrated and honored Black History Month on Friday with an assembly at the gymnasium with Dr. Cherry Wilcoxon as the guest speaker.

Wilcoxon is a distinguished leader in financial operation, strategic management and organizational development.

And, she is a Brundidge native having been born at home on 7^th Avenue, raised in Tennille and discipline by a “village” of blue collar workers who taught her to work hard, be respectful of and caring for others.

Wilcoxon expressed the importance of Black History Month as a time to learn about the past so that is does not repeat itself and, as a catalyst, to continue to move forward and to ensure that Black history will never be erased.

Black history, Wilcoxon said, must be acknowledged so that it will continue to be a beacon of hope for future generations and the courage to endure in order to build a better Black History for tomorrow and future generations.