Why Black History Month Should Be Every Month

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Growing up a sharecropper's son on a plantation in rural Mississippi prior to the civil rights movement, my experience as a young boy was filled with denial and humiliation. This was at a time, particularly in the Deep South when a young Black youth was taught to accept that life would be nothing more than manual labor and little opportunity.

I can remember in 6th grade, the plantation owner called out several boys my | size and declared, "You boys don't need education to pick cotton, get out there and help your folks get my cotton."

A dream ignited, and at age 15, I moved to Chicago. With no money, and nowhere to live, I learned quickly that the only way to survive was by doing that of which my father told me years before. I decided to step out on "faith" learned a skill, and was "focused" on being my own boss. Because I followed through on my goals, by the age of 27, I was a millionaire, and was now living the American Dream.

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Why Black History Month Should Be Every Month

Let's not forget why Black History Month should be every month, and why it is important to honor and remember our forefathers who fought hard for us to live the American Dream....

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