Black History Month - Sam Cheung 803
What is Black History Month? Why do we celebrate and honor it?
Black History Month is in the month of February to honor African Americans who help and inspire people around us for various reasons. They have also helped in U.S. history, such as Harriet Tubman as she was an African American who led thousands of people through an underground railroad and later helped as a nurse. Black History Month was not always an entire month, it used to only be a week. People protested for a month, arguing that African Americans don't receive enough recognition. February was made Black History Month in 1915. Black History Month's colors are black, red, and green as they resemble unity and pride, and each has its own important meaning. Red means the blood that unifies all African Americans, black is the color of a noble race, and green means the wealth of their motherland. Black History Month is very important as we honor their struggles and successes.
Black History Month
Black History Month
What is Black History Month & how can we celebrate it?
What is Black History Month & how can we celebrate it?
Black History Month is a month dedicated to African Americans, and their major contributions to the U.S. Black History Month was first celebrated in February 1986. We can celebrate Black History Month by supporting African American writers and artists, learning about African Americans and their accomplishments, and learning more about their history.
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, MS to James Evers and Jessie Evers. When Medgar was young, he found himself in several racist situations. Medgar Evers grew up in a very loving household where he learned his morals and ethics. When Medgar got older, he wanted to make something out of himself, so he dropped out of high school and joined the army. He fought in Europe during World War II. He was one of the millions of African Americans who joined the army to fight for their country. He served in England and France. The vast majority of Black Americans in the segregated U.S. military were not supported because white officers regarded black men as inferior combat soldiers and saw them as bad soldiers. After years of being in the army, Medgar decided to go back to high school and start college. Medgar majored in business administration, where he met his wife, Myrlie Beasley whom he married on December 24, 1951. Medgar and his wife moved to Mound Bayou, Mississippi, where he took a job selling insurance. While in Mississippi he noticed a lot of poverty so he decided to take a stand and joined a civil rights “moral crisis”, the NAACP. He coordinated boycotts of gasoline stations that refused to allow African Americans to use their restrooms. In 1963, the Evers home was firebombed. Weeks later, on June 12, 1963, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation, calling white resistance to civil rights a “moral crisis”. That same day, Medgar was attending an NAACP function and would be coming back home at midnight, but while doing so he was shot with a sniper's bullet on the doorstep of his home. After 50 minutes, Medgar Evers was pronounced dead.
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