March 21, 2025

Rogers Celebrates Black History

Children seated on a gym floor raise their hands during an interactive event in a school gymnasium, where individuals engage with the audience.

On Friday, March 14, Rogers celebrated Black History Month with an assembly hosted by presenter Eugene Clark. The presentation focused on African American artists, inventors, and musicians. The assembly highlighted important historical figures in each of these categories, such as George Washington Carver, Jacob Lawrence, Muddy Waters and more. The interactive assembly included music, magic and student participation in different activities, from magically turning peanuts into peanut butter to a full-on jam session where students played different instruments together as the crowd clapped along with the music. The assembly concluded with Mr. Clark playing a sample of “Isn’t She Lovely” on the harmonica.