Black History Importance The time has come again to celebrate the achievements of all black men and women who have chipped in to form the Black society. There are television programs about the African Queens and Kings who never set sail for America, but are acknowledged as the pillars of our identity. In addition, our black school children finally get to hear about the history of their ancestors instead of hearing about Columbus and the founding of America. The great founding of America briefly includes the slavery period and the Antebellum south, but readily excludes both black men and women, such as George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, and Mary Bethune. These men and women have contributed greatly to American society....show more content...
Black Americans should be acknowledged for not only their contributions to American society, but also for being a part of American society and upholding the traditions and values of this country. Black History Month should not be a celebration that comes and goes in our own minds and homes. Black History Month should not be a remembrance that is acknowledged only when the official day begins. Black History Month is an accomplishment that we should be proud of in the Black community. Carter G. Woodson chose the month of February for some important reasons. For instance, Black History Month marks the birthdays of two men who influenced the black population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln according to Woodson. In addition, the Fifteenth Amendment was passed on February 3, 1870, which granted blacks the right to vote. There were a lot of significant reasons for allowing Black History Week to begin in February. However, I seriously doubt if Woodson would have accepted the extension of this week in the shortest month of the year. Woodson chose a week in February, because it had symbolic significance. Black History Week began in 1926. However, it is now 1999 and in seventy–three years Black Americans allowed our contributions to American society to be extended from Negro History Week to Black History
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Black History speech: I 'm Black and I 'm Proud
As we come to the close of another black History Month, we have been reflecting upon our heritage. Upon such people as Chrispus Atticks, Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas, George Washington Culver, Dr. Charles Drew, Thurgood Marshal, Malcolm X, and of course Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many, many more. And as we remember and review these names we realize that in any other society this would be a great list of historical figures. But being in the society that we are in, our contributions have been, to say the least, SUPPRESSED. So therefore we have to acknowledge our own, since history will not acknowledge us we choose to acknowledge ourselves. And so this month of celebration and...show more content...
So beloved I salute you today and if you will allow me to paraphrase of one of our American slogans, "YOU 'VE COME ALONG WAY BABY".
And I want to tell you that we have indeed have come along way, but that 's not to say that there isn 't still a ways to go; because it seems like we have been carrying our cross from the beginning of time, you remember that it was a black man named Simon the Cyrenian, who carried the cross for Christ. And then we as a people, were brought to America and we carried the cross of slavery, and then after slavery was abolished, we carried the cross of prejudice and segregation, and believe it or not, we are still carrying that cross today. However all is not gloom and doom, all is not lost, because you see my brothers and sisters, we are one of the few people who realize that GREATER IS HE, THAT IS IN US, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
So yes I 'm proud to be an African Americanbecause one day a black woman riding a bus was tired and decided that she wanted to sit down. I 'm proud to be an African American because a man named Dr. Charles Drew developed the technique for blood transfusions, and even though he himself died because after being in an automobile accident and the hospital refused to give him a blood
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