Make Black History Everyday!

It’s that time of year again, Black History Month. The question is, “How do we maintain its relevance today?” We all know about Langston Hughes, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and Coretta Scott King. The mission is not to shy away from the names and faces that have become familiar to us, but instead to expand above and beyond the few. Black History month was essentially created for us. Black History was created to celebrate the rising of the nation of people of African American decent. So lets not celebrate it in vain people.
As an African-American child, I heard the stories and autobiographies hundreds of time. However, is the impact truly implemented? Most likely not. I’m just saying, what are the odds that children today really understand the harsh realities that has moldedAfrican Americans into the people we are today?
Being the crazy person that I am I ask my friends “Exactly how do you plan to celebrate this holiday this year?” It burns my ears to hear replies like, “By staying black!” or “A month is too long to celebrate.” Of course. Why are we so ungrateful for the great things our ancestors have done for us? Because we don’t know them? Because they’re not here today? Because they can’t punish us if we don’t? Preposterous.

Complaints of Black History Month being the shortest month in the year is simply preposterous. Personally, I think that’s just an excuse for African-Americans to continue to be oppressed. We continue to be upset and not reflect on our past. How can we possibly have a better, brighter future if we do not know about our history. this thought is backed up by the African principle Sankofa. Sankofa is derived from King Adinkera of the Akan people of West Africa.

Sankofa” teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone or been stripped of, can be reclaimed, revived, preserved and perpetuated.

You must be educated on your roots. Even things like the pyramids, The power of Ancient African cities, the height of architecture. They were the first cities to be created in human history. They have been admired imitated, but never properly depicted. The thousand desperate robbers, thieves and destroyers, tried and tested the pyramids strength. Yet even today they still stand, like the powerful, black people who despite the odds of slavery, segregation, and oppression still grace this earth today.