Celebrating Black History Month
Celebrating Black History Month
Black History is American History, 360 days a year. Here are some exciting ways you can experience Black History events this month.
Come and celebrate Black History Month with Robbinsdale Area Schools.
6th Annual Black History Month Event @ RMS February 12, 2025 5:30-7:30pm
The month of February is always regarded as Black History Month in the United States of America due to the tireless efforts of Carter G. Woodson. He felt strongly about the lack of knowledge (history of American descendants of Slaves) that was unknown to many of those descendants. Slaves were consistently regarded as just slaves, not people who were captured, taken, bought, and sold into bondage in foreign lands.
The sentiment has been indoctrinated into the minds of many Americans who live and breathe in this country, even those who identify as Black Americans. The mental abuse and trauma suffered by this nation for the act of slavery is so deeply rooted that many are struggling to change their mindsets and understand how we got here while changing the future to become more untied, less divided, and a better nation with people who accept the know the past, accept it and are willing and ready to move toward a positive and peaceful change.
Black History Month is often associated with African history and culture. While there are similarities to the culture of the continent of Africa, it is crucial that we acknowledge that black culture exists because of slavery. Black History Month starts with the acknowledgment of our ancestors. Those who came here from Africa before the European settlers, those who survived the Middle Passage, endured the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and went on to do incredible things that bettered the society they lived in, which now acknowledged them as black. Those contributions are still a large part of American culture and have changed how the world operates. Black People, come in various shades of brown, were the developers of jazz, blues, R&B, Hip-hop music, hip-hop culture, and fashion and fought for god-given rights; we all deserve respect and to live without fear of being unalived by those who fear us. We celebrate together annually in our ways to ensure our history is not erased as we push for it to be acknowledged and taught as a part of American history and World history…
For more information as to the origins of this holiday please click on the following links and do the research on your own.
- Black History Month Origins - History Channel
- Black History Month- Government Website
- National Museum Of African American History - Smithsonian Museum
- Black History Month in the UK - October
Come and celebrate Black History Month with Robbinsdale Area Schools.
6th Annual Black History Month Event @ RMS February 12, 2025 5:30-7:30pm