Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Rona Remmie wouldn’t be where she is today without African Americans who paved the way by desegregating schools and public places during the Civil Rights Movement.
“I wouldn’t be able to sit in a seat next to a white person,” said Remmie, Kansas City, Mo., junior and Black Student Union vice president.
She said it was important she celebrated her ancestors.
Kriston Guillot, Shawnee senior and Black Student Union president, said, “It’s a way to acknowledge the African-American contribution to American society.”
He said it was an opportunity to educate and appreciate African-American history. “This month gives a title to what we should be doing all year round,” said Guillot.
Black History Month was created to “celebrate those who were left out of the written and popular story,” said Deborah Dandridge, president of Black Faculty and Staff Council.
Black History Month began almost a century ago when African-American Harvard historian Carter G. Woodson thought it would be beneficial to create a week to focus on African American’s contributions to America’s history with the goal of incorporating African-American narrative into public school curriculum.
The week began around President Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglas’ birthdays, but in 1976, President Ford extended the week to a month-long celebration in February, Dandridge said.
“We have had a diverse nation from the beginning,” Dandridge said. “The ideal will come when you don’t have to highlight groups based on race.”
Dandridge said she thought that ideal wouldn’t happen anytime soon, if at all, and Americans would continue to need Black History Month in order to fight the misunderstandings and misinformation about the African-American role in American history.
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