The $3.2 million ZerNona Black Multi-Generational Cultural Community Center is named for the late educator, activist and the wife of the Rev. Claude Black.
Razi Hosseini, director of the City of San Antonio’s Public Works Department; District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez; Otis Mitchell, pastor of Mt. Zion First Baptist Church; Terri Williams, director of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development Center for Government Contracting and longtime member of the church, and Precinct 4 Commissioner Tommy Calvert shovel dirt to mark the beginning of construction at the ZerNona Black Multi-Generational Cultural Community Center.
Black, who died in 2005, was an educator and activist and the wife of the Rev. Claude Black, a former City Council member, noted civil rights activist and the longtime pastor of Mt. Zion. ZerNona Black worked as an instructor at St. Philip’s College and advocated for citizenship education through classes on communication, drama, speech and radio.
“It literally began with nickels, dimes and dollars,” said Otis Mitchell, pastor of Mt. Zion for 16 years. “And that’s how it was done.”
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