Scrapbook: Black History Month, photos dating from 1976 through 2008

Carver Community Center receptionist Bettie McCord greets Gov. George M. Pataki as the governor entered a news conference to kickoff the State of New York Operation IMPACT ( Integrated Municipal Police Anti-Crime Teams) at the Carver Community Center on Tuesday Dec. 7, 2005. Gazette file photo

The Schenectady Silhouettes pose for a photo in 2001. The Silhouettes were founded in 1958 to assist Carver Community Center. Founding members include, from left, Eveyln Baird, Marsha Mortimore (background), Minnie Stamper (seated), Hilvan Finch, Corine Sadler and James Stamper. Gazette file photo

Chauncey Williams, President of the Hamilton Hill Neighborhood Association in 2004, speaks during the kickoff of the State of New York Operation IMPACT (Integrated Municipal Police Anti-Crime Teams) at the Carver Community Center on Dec. 7, 2004. Gazette file photo

Terry McCloud and Jewel McCloud, right, accept awards from the local chapter of the NAACP on Jan. 15, 1977, during the observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at the Refreshing Springs Church of God in Christ. From left are the Rev. Allen Brown, coordinator for the King observance; James Houston, education director for the NAACP; and Willis Thomas III, president of the NAACP. Terry McCloud and Benny McCloud, Jewel’s son, had saved an elderly couple from a fire on Germania Avenue during 1976. Gazette file photo

William C. Rhodes, center, shakes the hand of Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Al Everett with Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton, left, at a Minority Firefighter Recruitment seminar at the Carver Community Center in Schenectady on Thursday, March 31, 2005. Gazette file photo

Pastor C. Samuel Johnson of Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ in downtown Schenectady, talks in his office in 2008. Gazette file photo