To celebrate Black History Month, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are hosting a reception at the White House on February 27. The annual event is meant to commemorate contributions made by African Americans throughout history, and is expected to feature several prominent guests.
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Patricia Lee Onwuka, a Senior Policy Analyst for Independent Women’s Forum, is also expected to be at the Black History Month event, and will be maintaining the Independent Women’s Forum’s social media accounts while she’s there.
Excited to attend #BlackHistoryMonth @WhiteHouse event next week. Thank you @potus @realDonaldTrump @flotus for the invitation. Black conservatives have always been part of our history. Did you know Harlem Renaissance figure Zora Neale Hurston was conservative? @IWF pic.twitter.com/Lc3w8if4v5
— Patrice Lee Onwuka (@PatricePinkFile) February 21, 2020
On February 21, Onwuka tweeted out an image of her White House invitation and briefly mentioned the legacy of past conservatives. “Black conservatives have always been part of our history,” she wrote on Twitter. “Did you know Harlem Renaissance figure Zora Neale Hurston was conservative?”
.@IWF Senior Policy Analyst @PatricePinkFile is taking over @NeWNetwork‘s IG TODAY.
Next week, Patrice will be taking over @IWF/@IWV‘s social media when she attends the #BlackHistoryMonth reception at the @WhiteHouse on 2/27.#FierceFemale #ChampionWomen #momlife #letsdothis https://t.co/NrUetz5OUn pic.twitter.com/PdxEvYkosy
— IWF (@IWF) February 21, 2020
As noted by an official White House statement released in January, the reception is themed around African Americans’ right to vote—fitting, since 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote.