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In twenty-first century America
black history month becomes as repetitive as the seasons; February
first comes along and its four weeks of Dr. King, Rosa parks, and
occasionally Malcolm X. We generally learn about the struggles of
what our people went through but never any accomplishments outside
of the civil rights movement. Now black history has added another
person to its legion of over-emphasized dignitaries: Barack Obama.
Hopefully the readers of this page do not take what I am saying as
"I dislike black history month", I'm merely trying to portray the
idea of "The crossword puzzle I did about the civil rights movement
in third grade is the same as it is now. I understand that these
legends were important to my culture. But others were too. There is
more to my culture than the leaders of the civil rights movement.
Black history is more than the first nurse or the first president or
even our own television station. Personally I see it more as this is
history, this changed how I saw some aspects of life, and I enjoyed
immersing myself in their ideas. They just so happen to be black."
For this site. I have chosen two African-Americans who have affected
me in some way, shape, or form. Aaron McGruder and Eugene J. Martin were not trying to make a difference or start a
revolution for black rights; Instead they were trying to make their
way in this world the way that they wanted to. Not as a possibility
to affect people the world over.
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