Black History Month Reflection

My African American History Month Paper is about Sterling A.Brown’s Life. Sterling background history is that he was born Howard University where his dad was working as a slave. His mom and dad grew up at the same place and they talked about when he was little.They have a lot of kids and he was the only boy out of most of them. He was raised on a farm in Howard,Maryland during his childhood. Where he studied at is the Southern U.S to be a professor for the black culture of all black people.

Intro: February is arguably one of the most popular months of the year. It has the fourth most celebrated holiday, chocolates and candies are on sale, and it honors the central role of those of African descent in U.S. history. This month is referred to as Black History Month. One moth to celebrate ALL of black history. To celebrate our African ancestors who were chained and thrown on ships. To celebrate our people enslaved on the plantations of the south. Our mothers, fathers, and grandparents who march for us just so we could go to the same schools as white men. And our unarmed brothers and sisters who are being shot without a cause or a reason any more than because a white

This year, to celebrate Black History Month, we pay tribute to the contributions made by African-Americans in Musical Theater. The medium of musical performance theater has always been a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient West African folklore, and European theatrical practices. A continuum of the African folk traditions of storytelling that uses music, song, and dance to help us understand our difference, as well as celebrate the sameness of who we are as people.

To honor the African American History Month, we had a workshop to learn Malcolm X, who was one of the most famous black leaders and human rights activist in 1960’s.

African-American history are those events that started with the first slave ships from Africa to the Caribbean Islands and carry through their journey as a people both individually and collectively to today's societies across the Americas.

Well I find it ironic that I have chosen the topic of Civil Rights, and the fact that Black History month started today. The topic of civil rights hits very close to home, and I mean that literally. Growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta Georgia, I became especially acquainted with the topic of civil rights and equality. It was taught it frequently when I was in elementary school, and it carried on that way, until my graduation from high school. This being my topic, I wanted to write on a few important civil rights activist (Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King),and the role they still play in society.

”It is believed that African-American should have a concerted effort to make the celebration to make it more productive in the eyes of others. In progression, outside of the change in targeted audience awareness is also a key factor to bringing Black History Month back into its

Our attitude toward Sharks has changed over the decades, but not as much as it needs to. Shark attacks still rattle people to the core. The recent spate of them in North Carolina, involving eight victims over 24 days, was particularly disturbing because there were so many of them, in such shallow water, in a short time. Then there was the widely covered episode in July in South Africa, when champion surfer Mick Fanning fended off a Shark that seemed determined to on bite him. Throw in the 40th anniversary this summer of the release of “Jaws” and the release of Syfy’s “Sharknado 3,” and it’s easy to see why some people might collapse into a fetal position at the mere mention of “Shark.”But people seem to be realizing, if slowly, that there’s

Black History Month begun in 1915. Black History Month begun right after the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. That september a Harvard trained historian named Carter G. Woodson was one of the founders of the (ASNLH). The other person who found the (ASNLH) was prominent minister named Jesse E. Moorland. The (ASNLH) is a organization dedicated to give credit to the achievement to the African Americans.

Black history is remembering African Americans and their roles they contributed to the U.S. society. It was in those times that people for color fought for equality. We recognized them for their accomplishments, achievements, and diversity of African Americans. In my opinion, people use the premise of black history as only remembering people whom fought for civil rights, not the black scientists, doctors, etc. whom made a difference in America. It was started as Negro history week by Carter G. Woodson in 1926, then in 1976 President Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. But it does concerns me that our people of color are being memorialized once a month and not spoked along with all American history throughout the year.

February is the time of Valentines Day and the occasional leap year, but many people know it as Black History Month. Black History Month is one of the only national holidays in the United States of America that is for the acknowledgement and honour of African Americans in this its history. It is the time of the year when great African American figures are given praise and taught as “black history” in the school curriculum. Though its intentions are to celebrate accomplished African-Americans and their contributions, it is a poor method of sharing and learning black history. Black History Month should not be celebrated because it separates African American history from American history and belittles it by only giving it the shortest month of the year where its significance in, and influence, on this nation can be recognized and acknowledged.( "Brands: Black History Month Is Best Celebrated Year-round." Brands: Black History Month Is Best Celebrated Year-round. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2015. <http://www.campaignlive.com/article/brands-black-history-month-best-celebrated-year-round/1333990>.)

No, black history month should be practice in every middle/high school just as U.S. history. It does not make since for black history month to be racist. Black history month being racist is far beyond the point.

Over the course of this semester, I was introduced to many people, ideas, writings, and discussions that sparked my interest and enlightened me on African American history. However, I feel like this was just the beginning of my journey of learning the history of my people, as there is still so much out there to be brought to the surface. Prior to taking this course, I was always ignorant on the topic of African American history and simply made the connection to slavery. Additionally, I was unaware of other black activist, movements, and struggles that I had the chance to witness for the first time in this class. I came to a realization of how deprived of this information I was, because other historic events have been deemed more important. A quote that stuck with me throughout the course that was made by Arthur Schomburg was, “... African history and negro history, are the missing pages of world history”.

During this time more than ever, African Americans are able to speak on subjects that can affect us in the future. Growing up, racial profiling was never a big deal to me or my family. I was taught to never judge someone by how they look but upon their actions. Ironic to think that is how one is taught to act but stereotypes are now bigger than ever right? Being a high school student I never payed much attention to anything outside of sports, academics and what crazy adventure me and my friends would be sucked into the upcoming weekend. I didn’t have an opinion when surveys asked if I felt that I wasn't being treated equally to my fellow American classmate with all the same qualities I held. Race itself was never something I viewed another

   Like most Americans, African Americans have developed variations of the American Dream. Many African Americans find that their dream differs from the traditional American dream in that there is no immediate success. Sometimes the dream consists of equality via liberty or literacy, while at other times it is a simple desire to know self through historical connection.