The importance of black history and why it should be celebrated beyond February.
February 8, 2020, 10:13 AMABC News employees share the importance of Black History Month and what it means to them.That year, he announced"Negro History Week" -- a celebration of a people that many in this country at the time believed had no place in history.
"One cannot discuss the African American freedom struggle or the civil rights movement without paying attention to white allies who were working alongside black people," Lionel Kimble, vice president for programs at ASALH, told ABC News."One of the biggest issues we see, especially for those non-black folks, is that the emphasis on black history is divisive and some mistakenly label it 'racist.
"It's disappointing," Kimble said."But we have to really build on the study of black history and get people to understand the important roles of black folks in the larger narrative of the United States." "Woodson was dedicated to making African American history accessible to the everyday person. He wanted African Americans, and all Americans, really, to know the African American story and to see themselves in it because representation is power," she added.
If companies, schools and other organizations"keep relegating the story to just February," they're missing the point of Black History Month, according to Trent.
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