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...becoming the second black to receive a doctorate from the University. Fourteen years later, he founded Negro History Week, selecting a seven-day span in February that included the Feb. 7 birthday of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the Feb. 12 birthday of Abraham Lincoln. A half-century later, as Woodson??s invention gained popularity, the week evolved into a full month. But last December, Woodson??s brainchild weathered criticism from actor Morgan Freeman, who suggested that Black History Month should be abolished. “I don’t want a Black History Month. Black...
...major canvases of Woodson??s critique was the American education system. In one of his most influential pieces, The Miseducation of the Negro, he writes that it was not structured in a manner complimentary to the social condition of African-Americans. From the high-class educational institutions to the burgeoning “Negro” schools, the “Negro” was a nonentity. Thus, students, black and white, were “educated” to view blacks as inferior because they were not worth consideration in all the realms of their academic experience...
Today, unfortunately, this displacement lives on in many ways. One of Woodson??s most telling comments is that the “mere imparting of information is not education.” Education is not a victim of history; instead, it has the power to mold ideas, values, beliefs and perceptions. Because most academic disciplines were developed when blacks were seen as subhuman and unworthy of consideration, much of the content we read today has grown out of that context and cannot be divorced from it. A people whose history had almost been completely overlooked by scholars...
...Month is both a gift and a curse. It pays proper respect to the distinct history of blacks within America, but it feeds into the delusional perception that black history is not American history. Even with Black History Month’s widespread recognition, we have not yet realized Woodson??s vision for America if not all Americans embrace black history as their own history. It is not about having a tributary course or a month to pacify concerned Black Americans. It is not about justifying or proving black history’s importance. Rather, the goal...
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