“BLACK HISTORY CAN NEVER BE ERASED”

“BLACK HISTORY CAN NEVER BE ERASED”

The purpose of this article is actually from a ‘personal observation’ that I feel passionate about, and I have talked to many of my friends, and they concur that their feelings are mutual.

For many years, even as a young student, I felt dubious about seeing photos of ‘all white’ ads, dolls as well as being cognizant that all photos/movies/books/ did not have anyone who looked like me. I was overjoyed when the comic strips of “SNOOPY’ showed a black friend named Franklin who was introduced in 1968 and that was about 8 years after I graduated from high school. Of course, as a CARVERITE, knowing my school (grades 1st through 12th grade) was named after a famous black scientist (GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER) gave me (us) pride_now, seeing a black man who resembled so many in my family/church!!! NOW, here’s the thing, during the 50s, ’60s, and ’70s, we only heard of Carver, Booker T. Washington, several black sports figures, and black maids/chauffeurs that were spotlighted in the media. Even now, we are still in a small percentage of seeing the diversities, yet the ‘discoveries’ through DNA and those tracing their ancestry are proud moments that ‘WE DO MATTER’; WE ARE Entitled in our AMERICAN HISTORY !!!!

My point is, until our BLACK HISTORY is intertwined with AMERICAN HISTORY / WORLD HISTORY, we NEED to explore, write, talk, teach BLACK HISTORY/NEGRO HISTORY/ AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.

For many modern Black (millennials, Generation Z, and even Generation Alpha), the monthly celebrations offer an opportunity to reimagine what possibilities lie ahead. But for others, the forces that Carter G. Woodson, a century ago, are MORE RELEVANT than ever!!!

What does Black History knowledge do???

• It celebrates DIVERSITY.
• It UNITES US.
• It takes us beyond the history books.
• It helps us understand the importance of our stories.

NOW, the world knows about

BARRACK OBAMA, ROBERT L. JACKSON,

KETANJI B. JACKSON, AMANDA GORMAN,

KAMALA HARRIS, SIMONE BILES,

EDWARD BROOK,III, VONETTE HARRIS,

RAPHAEL WARNOCK, TERRI A. SEWELL, and their contributions to AMERICA!!!

DID YOU KNOW?

THOMAS JENNINGS, 1st Patent holder who invented dry cleaning in 1821
NORERT RILLIEUX, who invented a revolutionary sugar-refining processor in the 1840s.
LONNIE JOHNSON invented the ‘Super Soaker water gun in 1989.
JANET EMERSON BASHIEN, 1st black woman to receive a patent for a software
Dr. HADIYAH GREEN, a trailblazing physicist, successfully eliminated tumors in mice in 15 days and is working to advance this technology to human trials as an alternative to chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery

VICTOR GLOVER, 1st Black astronaut as Artemis II mission in 2004 to fly to the moon as part of NASA.
Captain WILLIAM ‘BILL’ PINKNEY’S, 1st Black person to journey by sailing around the globe
JAMES DERHAM, 1st American physician and emancipated slave to formally practice medicine in the United States