Keeping it Real and Passing it On - Black History Month

Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson

December 19, 1875(New Canton, Virginia)
Died April 3, 1950
(aged 74)
Washington, DC
Education B.Litt, Berea College (1903)
M.A., University of Chicago (1908)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1912)

Occupation: Historian

Greetings!

For the same reason as Christians celebrate the risen Christ each Easter Day – citizens and patriots or reminded of the national holidays – judges refer to the Constitution – parents state and repeat values – People all over the world seek and cite the call for justice – and on and on. It is as Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks, “keep hope alive”.

It is imperative that the rich and too often missing African American history is presented and passed on. The thought of sharing provides those who do not know, to know - self-awareness - a feeling of belonging - contributing - creates values.

A person and/or group of people lose their way and place in history when they fail to repeat, announce, pronounce, remember and share the richness of their legacy. Black History Month is is about telling the story – sharing the gifts of African Americans who are part of mankind and ringing the bell for all mankind at the same time - since no man is an island.

Attorney Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin L. King
I offer the legacy of “peaceful” demonstration that was Attorney Mohandas Gandhi and advanced by Dr. Martin L. King, that has been the mantra of all people – Dr. King was recently heralded in Egypt (year 2011 – Dr. King marched in the 1960’s) for the way he conducted victory through peaceful demonstrations. They used a magazine to share the “recorded” information. We must continue to improve "mankind" by telling and remembering the many, many points, events and stories in history for the millions of people around the world, now and centuries to come. It will help inspire and keep hope alive.

John Donne - Renaissance Author
I offer the following thought by John Donne,”Meditation XVII”. Donne was born in 1572, the reason I can quote him almost 439 years later is because someone (s) have passed it on – Ernest Hemmingway and historians - thus the reason for continued sharing of African American History Month and NOT to allow it to STOP – Black History is part of the whole, part of mankind. Here’s the quote by Donne:

"No man is an island, entire of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee. John Donne, Meditation XVII

Thank you for sharing and reinvigorating where you can African American and all histories of mankind.

Carter G. Woodson created Black History Month.
Mary Glass - Milwaukeean