“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.�
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality.
"If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong." Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865
What is Black History Month? Black History Month is open to the participation of everyone and is ideally developed, delivered and managed as an educational and historical awareness experience of Black people – African, Asian and Caribbean heritage – and should be shared by everyone as world history.
‘If we are to change tomorrow, we are going to have to look back with some courage, and warm our hands on the revolutionary fires of those who came before us.’ John Hernik Clarke
"I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted."
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing
Ralph Waldo Ellison
"I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time been ashamed." An American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. Who won the National Book Award in 1953
Why do we need Black History Month (BHM) / Afrikan History Month (AMH) is held every October in Britain and February in USA and Canada. It aims: • To promote knowledge of black history, culture and heritage
• To disseminate information on positive black contributions to British society • To heighten the confidence and awareness of black people in relation to their cultural heritage
"The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states."
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and self-determination across the world.
"When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognising the humanity in others."
Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.�
Barack Obama
The 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office.
“I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.�
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist.
"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us." Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete and an Olympic champion. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.
Malcolm X
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today� Muslim minister and a human rights activist. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history