February is Black History month. Each school day during the month of February we will be recognizing African Americans who had a lasting impact on the U.S. Today we recognize Jack Johnson.

“Jack” Johnson, was an American boxer who, in a time in which white champions would not usually risk championship belts against black boxers, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion.

Among the period's most dominant champions, Johnson remains a boxing legend, with his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries dubbed the "fight of the century".

According to filmmaker Ken Burns, "for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African-American on Earth".

Transcending boxing, by challenging America’s expectations of black men, “Jack Johnson” became part of the culture and the history of racism in America.

February is Black History month. Each school day during the month of February, Miamisburg High School will be recognizing African Americans who had a lasting impact on the U.S. Today they recognize Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Ruby and her mother were escorted by four federal marshals to the school every day that year. Norman Rockwell celebrated her courage with a painting of that first day entitled, “The Problem We All Live With.” Ruby established The Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and create change through education.
In 2000, she was made an honorary deputy marshal in a ceremony in Washington, DC.

The Miamisburg City School District will be closed on Friday, February 1, 2019 due to the weather conditions.