CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND KNOWING YOUR HISTORY

Last month was february... The month of BLACK HISTORY. This month was also important because this is the month that celebrates 2 men that spoke out against the mistreatment of slaves. One was a president who cared about the African Americans and thought that they were equal, so he drawn up the Emanicipation Proclaimation to free the slaves and died for what he believed in... His name was ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The other man was a man who fought for the slaves, he was taught how to read and write. He even discovered the NORTH STAR ORGANIZATION. He even spoke at a Women's Convention and talked about how the women were equal to men... His name was FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

Everybody in my high school didn't pay that any mind but me. I thought that it would be very considered of me to celebrate my culture and the history of those who set down the foundation for African Americans and other ethnicites for a better tomorrow.

If it wasn't for people like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and significant others... We as African Americans today would be going throught the same hardships they went thought 45-100 years ago probably. That made me upset because everybody was so busy worrying about themselves and the materialistic things that they didn't have enough time to just "LISTEN".

The background of Black History Month all started when it was "Negro History Week", then it was later called Black History Month. Even though we have been in this country since the colonial times since we could last remember, it wasnt until the 20th Century that African Americans have gained recognition in the history textbooks.

This was all started by a man named Dr. Carter G. Woodson of Kentucky.

As you can see you have just witness someone who was full of compassion and driven to let the whole world know about the contributions of African Americans and their inventions or other things that we used today.

It is important to know your history because one day you want to tell your children what significant things that Blacks have done and what hardship they went through and even how their lives were put to the test for fighting for civil rights or fought for better opportunities.