Join Us in Celebrating Black History Month

We’re back, For Beginners fans. Today, we’d like to pay tribute to some courageous men and women who played a very important part in our nation’s (and the world’s) history.

One man echoed America’s workers, specifically the UFW, when he made “Yes We Can” the slogan of the first African American President of the United States. When the world watched and wondered if it could still be done, if the American dream could still be dreamed, if equality was a concept not consigned to but lifted from the words on our founding documents, America answered by electing an African American not because of the color of his skin but because of the power of his message. Many men were behind him in transforming America, including the first African American Harvard graduate with a Doctorate, a prominent sociologist and co-founder of the NAACP. Down to the simplest acts of bravery, a decision as simple as one woman’s refusal to vacate a seat on a bus made history. 

Do you recognize here the lives of President Barack Obama, W.E.B. DuBois, and Rosa Parks? If not, maybe it’s time to pick up Black History For Beginners, one of six For Beginners titles focusing on black history, and, as one famous Supreme Court Justice said, “In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”