Trailblazers Celebrates Inaugural Homage to Sankofa

By Lillie E. Small   Trailblazers of Broward County, Inc., gathered at the Old Dillard Museum with featured speaker George Gadson, the artist who was commissioned to designed the Sankofa Monument in the  Sistrunk Plaza. He presented the “Making of our Monument” visually with discussion of the process, procedures and development. The Sankofa Monument was unveiled March 26, 2016, and dedicated to the early settlers and builders of the African American community. The six foot bronze sculpture stands prominently on a six foot pedestal in Sistrunk Park, long considered the “Gateway of the community,” We recognize the location as the area where the early settlers began the  development of a community. As stated by Beauregard Cummings, the co-founder and  long-serving president of Trailblazers, “It is an every day visual of the past.”     With the knowledge presented of its significance to us, Trailblazer left the Old Dillard Museum and traveled to their INAUGURAL HOMAGE TO SANKOFA. As though awaiting the  arrival, there standing tall and shining brightly in the traditional pose of its feet forward while looking back, the bird – “Big Bird” was acknowledged; The belated gift that was proposed for the 2011 Centennial still graciously reminding us of its purpose....