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There are some of us and they are on this site, who do not seem to understand the value of celebrating Black History Month. I, for one, do not believe that we, as a people can truly progress if we do not know from where we've come. It has been my experience that when Black children know that we DID make a contribution to this country, and we have something to be proud of , they will see themelves differently and will understand that their role, is to contribute to the volumn of firsts, inventions and the legacy left for them.

It also lets them know that they need to investigate for themselves. When they recognize that they have been lied to, then they start to question and search for the truth. They need to know that their legacy is more that being a slave, bought and sold like hay. Even if they are descendents of slaves, that they are survivors, or they would not be here. Those others did not make the crossing.

The word HISTORY means that it is a story from the past so what else will we talk about, something that hasn't happened yet? If it hasn't happened yet, it does not exist. There is so much information that our children do not know and it is IMPORTANT for them to know it if knowing what the white man has decided that they should know is important. It is our place to teach them so how else will we do that?

Foundations are build one brick at a time. The information bank is filled one bit of information at a time. Viewing the wealth of information that the youth of today does not know, we should be horrified by the injustice the educational system has visited upon the young people of today of any color. It is just as inportant for all children regardless of race creed or color, to know the truth.

Posted By: Thomasena Martin-Johnson
Friday, February 11th 2011 at 11:58PM
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Thank you, Thomasena:

In my school we are doing our part. Every student in the class has researched and written a presentation on an African-American historical figure to present to the entire school at our assembly.

So far, they have done some amazing work. Everybody has learned from it.

I have my class reading a biography of Frederick Douglass this month so they can get into the details of his amazing and inspiring life story.

I think the parents appreciate it most of all. I think everybody knows they are getting information they may not receive anywhere else.

I agree--Black History is a valuable part of American History. Nobody can understand the history of our nation without understanding the contributions of AFrican-Americans.

Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 11:23AM
Richard Kigel

I believe...
Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 12:01PM
mozell fleming

Knowing where you came from clarifies both who you are where you will return. So yes, it should be celebrated.
Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 2:46PM
jamal Abraham

Thank you all for your words.

I tried to do something all year long to incorperate Black History every day and where it belonged.
Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 9:24PM
Thomasena Martin-Johnson

Good post sis...this touches on what we at BIA have been saying for years...
Sunday, February 13th 2011 at 1:56PM
Siebra Muhammad

Thomasena, how right you are...just last night "I" was reading a blog on this site about how the Egyptians have done all of this ( so like Gleen Beck and Rush Limbaugh says) for the Muslim Brotherhood to take over...

When in truth if they knew a little about our true BIA history, they would know if my GENERATION had fallen for all of the propagandy put our about Dr. King and by no less than the head of the FBI, J. Edger HoOver about Dr. King being a Communist womanrized, we would have never ended up with what little equality we did manage to get...BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE BELEIVED ALL OF THIS AND DID WHAT HOOVER WANTED US TO DO...TURN AGAINST DR. KING NOT TRUST HIM ENOUGH TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD AS WE DID!!!!

plus sometimes "I" wonder if it was worth it...WE HAVE SO MANY RIGHTS WE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OUR PARENTS, TEACHERS, OUR OWNSELVES, ETC...WE HAVE SO MUCH FREEDOMS ESPECIALLY FROM WORK TIME AFTER SCHOOL UNTIL WE MUST PASS THIS EMPTY TIME "HANGING OUT", helping out the big business of building private prisons ot warehouse us in , that is if we are lucky enough not to die from lack of propler health care dispite the doctors are getting filthy rich over this form of neglect, ECT.

I live in Ca. where our prisons were taken out of the hands of the state and put into federal hands because our prison health care systems were deemed unconstutitional...information I can not beg or find interesting in my people pasing this information on if this is happening in their state, because tahnks to the still endless work of Angela, Y. Davis, law suit after law suit are now being filed against this state at long last...WE HAVE GOT TOLEARN ABOUT OUR SELVES BECAUSE WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE NO TIME TO PLAY THE VICTIM AND ACCEPT IGNORANCE AS IF IT WAS OUR BIRTH RIGTH, ANY DAY OF THE WEEK...

tHANK YOU SO MUCH MY SISTR IN SPIRIT. (SMILE)
(NUP)
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