Black History Is More Than Slavery Proud Black History Is More Than Journalism like the new york times ' "1619 project" have shined a bright light on how american lore largely ignores the role blacks have played in the founding of the country, unless we're talking. 2. acknowledge black agency. black people have always acted independently, made their own decisions based on their interests, and fought back against oppression. just because oppression has.
вђњblack History Is More Than Slaveryвђќ By Professor Gaurav Pathania No one has played a greater role in helping all americans know the black past than carter g. woodson, the individual who created negro history week in washington, d.c., in february 1926. woodson was the second black american to receive a phd in history from harvard—following w.e.b. du bois by a few years. “the black history curriculum needs to come from a black perspective with topics specifically geared towards the black experience, and many times these narratives are and need to be independent. 6. the myth of “free states.”. a black person could not be free in a slaveholding society. even in non slaveholding states, free black people were often kidnapped, lured or forced into slavery. Black history is more than a month — and it's more than just the sanitized story of the same handful of heroes told over and over. of slavery, of emancipation, of reconstruction was being.
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