New Content for Black History Month
A solution to what society often overlooks
“We will talk in 28 days about how many things George Washington Carver did with that peanut, … what Sojourner Truth did, where Harriet Tubman went, what Frederick Douglas wrote, how Malcolm was brave, … and how King did this, that and the other. It hardly represents civilization, culture, memory, and story that are thousands of years long.” — Professor Randall Robinson
Recently, Medium writer Joel A. Johnson presented an inspiring point of view (see One-Track Mind Storytelling below). Johnson wrote that ignoring overlooked historical success stories was often the case. And there was too much focus on misery during Black History Month.
For starters, every educator should heed Johnson’s point of view when teaching students Black history — and corporations should consider it as well when using Black history content for PR purposes.
As for me, I plan to find out more about the history of Isabella, pictured at the top of this page.
Thank you for reading.
