In essence, she said, they created it and she wrote it.
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Trinity students were asked why they thought it was important to continue to celebrate Black History Month every year.
“If it’s going to achieve what Carter G. Woodson intended for it to achieve, it has to be for people’s everyday lives”, she added. We are committed to breaking down barriers that restrict access to health care and education services by ensuring all people receive the care and information they need to stay healthy, regardless of race or income.
Black History Month may be the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t stop trolls and white supremacists from coming out in droves every year to decry its existence on the Internet.
Ontario first proclaimed February as Black History Month in 1993 to mark the 200th anniversary of a law banning the importation of slaves into Upper Canada. I am proud to say that African American women have played a significant role in history that is often times overlooked, yet the impact is beyond remarkable, it is our history. This is the first event of its kind for the center, Newell said, and the hope is to make it an annual program.
“It’s exciting times and it’s also challenging times and I think it’s these types of celebrations and having February as Black History Month as a time to reflect on what this means for our community and our country”, he said.
Robert Cozzolino, one of the curators for “Procession”, an exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts showcasing the artwork of Harlem-based black artist and activist Norman Lewis, echoed Wallace’s sentiments.
Other Black History Month celebrations this weekend include a soul food dinner at City High on Friday and a Unity Concert at New Creations International Church Saturday afternoon. “As a curator, I seek integration and interaction”. ASALH’s executive summary for 2016 states, “One can not tell the story of America without preserving and reflecting on the places where African Americans have made history”.
“PAFA has specialized in exhibitions that represent artists who have been marginalized or fell through the cracks”, he said.
Q: How have perspectives on Black History Month changed, and why is it important?
Onyejiaka also believes that for Hopkins students who have felt the effects of Freddie Gray’s death and the subsequent protests in Baltimore, Black History Month has even greater relevancy now.
Turner said he understands the marketing aspect and giving people something easier to connect with, but it’s still “strange”.
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I probably taught you more about black history in those two paragraphs than your primary school ever did in 13 years combined. “The concept of what’s possible for the future has less to do with artistic visualization, it has more to do with interpreting your own experience and what you would like to see from the possible fictional future, what’s possible in publishing, or what’s possible in real life”.
