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| It's not Black History; it's AMERICAN History for all races |
It's been 25 years since I graduated high school. As an elementary/middle school kid in the Maryland suburbs around Washington, DC we covered Black History Month pretty well every year. It was covered less in high school in Maine, probably in part due to the fact we had maybe 4 black kids in the school. Of course, we always covered the standard figures one expects to find in Black History Month, the George Washington Carvers, the Martin Luther Kings, the Frederick Douglasses, the Harriet Tubmans...
Nowadays, it seems that instead of decent role models from American history, American kids in general and black kids in particular, are cleaving towards thug-life rappers and sports figures.
Two years ago I challenged myself to highlight an inspirational black American that I felt needed to be showcased, not just as a role model for kids but as historically significant Americans who were being overlooked by the left-leaning educational system that indoctrinates our kids.
I'm going to add a few more in the next few days, but in the meantime in case you missed it, here are links to the ones you missed from February 2011.
Black History Month, my way.
The Tuskegee Airmen
Robert H. Jenkins
Lawrence Joel
Joe D'Acosta
Oscar P. Austin
Clarence Sasser
Charles Rogers
Riley Pitts
Vernon Baker
Carl Brashear
Dorie Miller
Milton Olive
Jesse Brown
James Anderson
Ruben Rivers
Russell Honore
John Warren
John Fox
Freddie Stowers
Quincy Green
Ron McNair
Charles Thomas
Cornelius Charlton
Webster Anderson
Ralph Johnson
Garfield Langhorn
And my wrap up open letter to Black America
such a great series of posts, especially the open letter, it would be nice if people would actually take the well founded and timely advice you offered there.
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