County Launches TV Show ‘Mosaic,’ Honors Late Roscoe Nix

The 30-minute cable show will focus on African-American community topics.

  Kicking off with a 30-minute tribute to late Silver Spring activist Roscoe Nix, Montgomery County’s newest cable show, “Mosaic: An African American Perspective,” will focus on topics relevant to black people. The show will be hosted by Deborah Milo, who will discuss different topics and interview different leaders each month. The premiere show, to air Monday, April 23 at 1:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., talks about Nix's life and work. Nix was the second black person to serve on the Board of Education when he was elected in 1974. He was president of the county’s NAACP for 10 years and co-founder of the Montgomery County African American Festival of Academic Excellence, which recognizes African-American students. Guests for the first show include…

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Reports: Silver Spring Civil Rights Activist Roscoe Nix Dies

The Gazette newspaper reports that one of the people who helped to desegregate downtown Silver Spring died Wednesday night.

Roscoe Nix, namesake of Roscoe R. Nix Elementary and one of the people responsible for desegregating downtown Silver Spring died at age 90, according to the Gazette.  Nix served on the Montgomery County Board of Education from 1974 to 1978 and was president of the county NAACP from 1980 to 1990. He was also the co-founder of the Montgomery County African American Festival of Academic Excellence, which recognizes African-American students, according to a statement from Montgomery County Public Schools. MCPS named an elementary school near Hillandle for Nix in 2006.  He moved to Riverdale, GA in 2010 and died there on Wednesday, Jan. 4, his daughter told the newspaper. He is survived by his wife, Emma Nix, 95, and daughters Veretta Nix, 58, …