Governor Charlie Crist's Black History Month Essay Contest

Official Rules and Guidelines

Grades 4 - 12

Governor Charlie Crist's Black History Month Essay Contest is open to all grade 4-12 students in the state of Florida. Three winners will be selected: one elementary (4-5) student, one middle (6-8) student and one high school (9-12) student. Winners will be notified by February 12, 2009..

Contact the Governor’s Office at (850) 410-0501 for any further questions.


Governor Charlie Crist's Black History Month Art Contest

Official Rules and Guidelines

Grades K – 3

Governor Charlie Crist's Black History Month Art Contest is open to all K-3 students in the state of Florida. Two winners will be selected and will be notified by February 12, 2009.

Contact the Governor's Office at (850) 410-0501 for any further questions.

"... on the first day of January... all persons held as slaves within any State, ordesignated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
President Abraham Lincoln
September 22, 1862
From top to bottom: Ray Charles, Mary McLeod Bethune, Barack Obama, Peggy Quince, Jackie Robinson.