Black History Month essay/art winners

Stratford (Conn.) Public Library Teen Librarian Lucretia Duwel (far left) joins some of the winners of the annual Black History Month Essay/Art Contest during an event in their honor that drew more than 125 students, parents, and guests to the library. They are (from left): Courtney Greene, first place essay, Flood Middle School; Brandon Bungu, third place essay, Wooster Middle School; Alana Merly, second place essay, St. James School; and Liz Holmes, first place art, Wooster Middle School. Greene is also shown with her father, Anthony, a Bridgeport firefighter who was the subject of her essay “My Hero.” The annual contest is held in conjunction with the South End Community Center.