Do We Really Need Black History Month Anymore?

Poet E. Ethelbert Miller reflects on Black History Month and gives listeners a pop quiz. Miller is a regular contributor to Weekend Edition and is director of the African-American Resources Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C. [3 min 1 sec] Full Story »

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gina belmonte
2.8
by gina belmonte - Feb. 22, 2009

There’s been a lot of talk about abolishing black history month, but this piece wasn’t particularly compelling as to why we shouldn’t get rid of black history month. There’s only one piece really, that sparked some kind of realization or that I deemed thought-provoking and that’s the bit where the author declares, “Black history is American history (not this part). Its two trains running . . .” For some odd reason after the series of metaphors I realized how engrained in American history is Black history. Without black people this nation would not have been what it is today. Perhaps developing on this idea more would have helped make the cause for preserving black history month stronger. Overall the article was just kind of, “yeah, and?”

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