VIDEO 'Black history is U.S. history'

Calvin Weary stood beside a black wall with the word "slavery" inscribed on it Tuesday night at William Penn Senior High School. The word was surrounded by bright red hand prints, some of which were smeared as if the person who had left them was falling down.

The hand prints represent one of the evils of America's past -- "the blood lost in slavery," Weary said.

Weary, the director of performing arts at the school, had assisted students with constructing the Black History Month Labyrinth, an interactive multimedia display that will be open throughout the week to students.