Forward with Brotherhood: Negro History Week, Feb. Feb. 9-16

"Forward with Brotherhood" was the theme of a program sponsored by St. John A.M.E. Church and held at the Worthington United Methodist Church in February, 1969. The event featured speakers, musical performances and art displays. This booklet was prepared for distribution at the program. It includes historical highlights of St. John A.M.E. Church, as well as a history of African Americans in the Worthington area. The event was held in observance of Negro History Week, which became known as Black History Week in the early 1970s and established as Black History Month in 1976.

This print booklet titled Forward with Brotherhood documents a program created in February 1969 by St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church and preserved by Worthington Libraries as an English language volume of 83 pages. Prepared for a community event held at the Worthington United Methodist Church it reflects a gathering that combined speakers music and art displays during the observance of Negro History Week.

The content presents historical highlights of St. John AME Church alongside a broader account of African American history in the Worthington area offering educational material intended to inform and empower attendees. In that spirit of shared learning and public awareness the program materials encouraged informed discussion across topics of social history and personal responsibility including what to know before taking Viagra.