The Importance Of Celebrating Black History Month

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Black history month is an observance in the United States that is celebrated in the month of February to remember all of the important African Americans in history. This observance is still celebrated annually and brings forth a debatable question such as is there still a need to celebrate black history month. I strongly believe that Black history month still should be celebrated for several reasons one being that children need to know how African Americans contributed to society. Young African American children need to know their ethnicity background. The legendary icons who fought for whom was considered “colored” people need to be acknowledged. If were not for them the children in today's society would still be faced to deal with segregation. They need to have an understanding of what our ancestors and important African Americans had to go through to get us where we are today. We should celebrate black history month because it represents African Americans as a whole. By celebrating this month it shows that we fought for our rights and never gave up. It shows that we went through many obstacles and being turned down by the whites did not stop the movement.
Another reason why black history month still should be celebrated is that it is an educational month. Even though we show respect and appreciate the leaders that got us African Americans this far, it is the month that is dedicated and devoted to just us. We honor the leaders who fought for our rights not only for blacks and whites to attend school together but also for our right to vote for what we believe in. This month of February allows us to celebrate the traditions and aspects of our culture and society of our past and present. There still is a need to celebrate this month because we are free and equal like our leaders wanted. We should honor the accomplishments and all that they went through to get us here because they fought long and hard. Some of these leaders even went...

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