Black History Month is when we (African Americans) tell who we are as individuals and as a race. As a weeklong celebration, the great historian Carter G. Woodson founded it; it now takes in the whole month of February, and it is my hope and prayer that we will not limit the celebration of our history to one month because we make history every day.
It is a time when we give our children knowledge of their past.
It is when we celebrate our achievements in a country that has tried to keep us from achieving.
It is a time when we present ourselves to the world so that humanity will know and can see what God has done in the past, what he is doing in the present, and what he will do in the future to liberate us, His people, in this land which caused our fore-parents to sing: “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child!”
If you think that we are free, you better think again. I believe that God has told us that we shall be free. Sane folks feel we shall never be free, but the Word of God, the Spirit of Truth, and the pages of History say, “That’s a lie that cannot stand.” As long as God gives us strength, we should keep on striving, and as President John F. Kennedy said, “We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, and oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
Mother America has tried to tell us that we are nobody through the years. But through the power of the Holy Spirit, our eyes were opened, and we realized that Everybody is Somebody because we are all made by God and stamped with dignity and worth. You see, God never did and never will make junk.
We, too, have helped to build America.
We, too, sing, “God Bless America.”
Yes, we too believe that all men are created equal; that their Creator endows them with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
We want complete freedom in America, like everyone else.
Sometimes, our efforts seem in vain because we have gone through unearned bloody sweat and tears in the past. But we must never forget, as Fredrick Douglass told us, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will …Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get.”
With this in mind, let us forever push forward and never give up. “For the race doesn’t go to the swift nor the battle to the strong but to he who endures until the end.” And endure we must. We owe this to our ancestors and ourselves, but most of all, we owe this to our children.
Yes our struggle has been rough and will always be rough because there is nothing free about freedom. But if we keep the faith, we shall see that our labor is not in vain. I don’t believe the Lord God Almighty has brought us this far to leave us.
You see, I’ve realized that we must go through the Wilderness in order to reach the “Promised Land.” We shall see the Promised Land because God allowed Martin Luther King, Jr. to go to the mountaintop one day. While he was there, he looked over and saw the Promised Land and told us, “I might not get there with you, but we as people will get to the Promised Land!
I don’t know about you, but deep in my heart, I still believe we shall overcome.
So with Hope, let us celebrate our culture and history and always remember that people without knowledge of their past are like trees without roots.
“Prince Hall decided to join, so that BLACK MASONRY would be BORN.
Richard Allen was called to PREACH, so Booker T. would one day TEACH.
And Booker T. decided to TEACH so that Rosa Parks would take a SEAT.
And Rosa Parks took a SEAT, so that Fannie Lou Hammer would take a STAND.
And Fannie Lou Hammer took a STAND, so that Martin Luther King, Jr. would take a MARCH.
And Martin took a MARCH, so that Jesse Jackson would take a RUN
And Jesse took a RUN, so that Barack Obama WOULD WIN AND KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
So let a new generation of our people Rise And Take Control.”
W.R.B., 3rd
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