This Black History Month, We Declare: 'We, Too, Are America'

February marks the launch of Black History Month, a time to recognize the central role and revolutionary work of black people in America. Historian Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week in 1926 and it officially evolved into a month-long celebration forty years later.With white history being the dominant narrative in America, the work of revolutionary black Americans is often neglected and, while it should acknowledged all the time, February serves as a time to educate ourselves on the in...