Omaha’s Riverfront sets up a Black History Month walk

YOU’RE RIGHT, YOU’RE RIGHT. AT LEAST THERE’S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. YES. THANKS, BILL. WELL, THIS FEBRUARY MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SINCE IT WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED HERE IN THE U.S. AND DESPITE THE COLD TODAY, MANY ARE OUTSIDE TO DISCOVER THE STORY BEHIND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY IS OUT OF THE GENE LEAHY MALL TO BRING US THE DETAILS. LUKE. YEAH. BILL QUANECIA IT’S A LITTLE CHILLY OUTSIDE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WITH NOT MUCH OF A BREEZE AROUND. IT IS PRETTY TOLERABLE TO BE OUTSIDE. AND IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT HERE TO LEAHY MALL, THE CITY OF OMAHA CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THEY HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO, MAYBE MORE POSTERS BEHIND ME. EACH ONE OF THESE POSTERS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON THAT WAS INFLUENTIAL IN SOME WAY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. THERE’S MALCOLM X, THERE’S MANY OTHER PEOPLE, THERE’S WRITERS, THERE’S SONGWRITERS, PLENTY OF PEOPLE, EVEN DOCTORS ON HERE THAT HAVE ALL PLAYED SOME PART IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY HERE. AND THE FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING, IF YOU DO WANT TO COME OUT, IT IS ONE OF THE CHILLIER DAYS, I MUST SAY, IN THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST, WHERE WE’LL GO FROM THE LOWER 30S INTO THE UPPER 20S OUTSIDE. BUT THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST DOES BRING WARMER WEATHER ONCE WE GET TO ABOUT THURSDAY. AS BILL HAS MENTIONED, WHEN WE GET MORE PACIFIC AIR AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 50S OUTSIDE AND IT LOOKS TO STAY MILD THROUGH THE REST OF THE SEVEN DAY. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, COME OUT HERE TO JEAN LEAHY DURING ONE OF THOSE WARMER DAYS, MAYBE DURING THE WEEKEND, AND YOU CAN READ SOME ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE MONTH OF