By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner
January 28, 2022
Black History Month for 2022 is coming up next week. It begins on February 1 and ends February 28. The theme for this year is Black Health and Wellness. This theme specifically focuses on how Black communities have and continue to be medically-discriminated against in the United States.
Black History Month exists and continues onward to remind us of how African-Americans positively contributed to our country. It is a way to focus on the many achievements and inventions created by African Americans that are often separated from their name or ultimately attributed to someone else. During Black History Month, people should take the time to reflect on these things and to learn about the historical and modern contributions that African Americans have made and how to properly give credit to them.
The people focus for February are as follows: Dorothy Height, Jesse Owens, Bessie Coleman, and Alvin Ailey.
While there is an endless list of people who could be written about to honor their achievements, we chose several who are a little less well-known.
Hopefully, everyone can take the month of February to reflect on the importance of Black History Month and some of the more forgotten historical figures who have contributed to making the world what it is today.
THE RETURN OF THE EYE 