#BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end today. But that doesn’t mean our learning and appreciation of Black history should end with it.
Let’s meet some of the people fighting to ensure history is not rewritten.
Voting rights leader @MsLaToshaBrown gave us a history lesson in U.S. voting laws and why Black women have always been the ones to get sh*t done.
As the fight over critical race theory threatens Black history, @ProfJeffries breaks down the importance of teaching “hard history” and why he's betting on students to see through the lies.
Award-winning author and illustrator @OgeMora opens up about her Nigerian American upbringing and why she tells stories that celebrate Black joy instead of pain.
Deborah Scott, a lifelong activist and the CEO of @GA_STANDUP, has dedicated her life to Black voters.
In 2020, when Georgia turned blue for the first time in 28 years, the world finally started paying attention to her work.
Let’s end where it all began: Meet Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history” and the reason we have a #BlackHistoryMonth in the first place.
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