February 1 to March 1, 2022, will be observed as Black History Month across the United States and here’s a look at this year’s theme.
Every February, America celebrates Black History Month, honouring the achievements and contributions made by the African American community.
Commemorating the month, President Joe Biden said in a press release: “Black culture is American culture, and Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America — our faults, our struggles, our progress, and our aspirations.”
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Theme of 2022’s Black History Month explored
According to the Association for the study of African American Life and History, (ASALH), this year’s theme focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness.
This theme honours the legacy of African American scholars and medical practitioners in the field of Western medicine. It also honours other employees in the field of medicine such as birth workers and midwives.
Over the years, many African Americans have contributed to the health sector via mutual aid and social support initiatives that help build hospitals, medical centers as well as nursing schools that will serve their communities at grassroots level.
The health and wellness theme for 2022 is in keeping with the fact that the US is still fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
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Why is Black History Month celebrated in February?
Eminent American historian Carter G. Woodson, who is also known as the father of Black History Month, helped make February the month in which Black history is celebrated.
The 20th-century historian pioneered the field of African American studies. He joined four others in founding the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
The goal of this association was to encourage scholars to engage in the intensive study of the past of African Americans. Only two years later, in 1926, Woodson and the association launched African American History Week.
February is the birth month of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and African American abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass. That was why the second month of the year was chosen to mark the celebrations.
Both these men had an indelible impact on African American history with Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Inspiring quotes to start the Black History Month
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
W.E.B. Du Bois
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Thurgood Marshall
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.”
Carol Moseley-Braun, politician and lawyer
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond Tutu
The need for change bulldozed a road down the centre of my mind.
Maya Angelou
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