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“We Have Come This Far By Faith,” sung by the Hopewell Baptist Church choir and a rendition of the Negro National Anthem on which the audience joined in.
"We must know who we are, where we have been and what we have accomplished before we can know where we’re going,” Highland said. “Black history is an important part of understanding for all Americans—black and white.”
Negroes added labor which contributed to the economic development of this country, she continued. They made important contributions as musicians, scholars, scientists, artists, writers, politicians, ministers and teachers. Highland noted. “And the list goes on and on.”
Highland and other speakers—Lillian Aylor, Mrs. A. W. Broadus. Pearl Groves and Charlotte Aylor — detailed the accomplishments of Harriett Tubman, the black Moses; W. E. B. Dubois, founder of the national Association for the Advancement of Colored
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