Black History Month 2024 - "Stolen By The Americans Before The Revolutionary War"
February is Black History Month. According to the website of the National Museum of African American History and Culture , our national celebration of African-American history, culture and achievement dates back to 1926, when it began as "Negro History Week". Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of Black History Month, is quoted as saying: "Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history." [1] The contributions of persons of color was overlooked in the telling of American history for many years. Over time there has been a conscious effort to tell their stories, or at a minimum note their presence, such as through these bottle trees last year entitled “Forgotten Souls of Tory Row: Remembering the Enslaved People of Brattle Street” , on the lawn of the Hooker-Lee-Nichols House in Cambridge, Massachusetts (now the home of " History Cambridge "). ...