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Martin Luther King Jr during the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, where he gave his ‘I have a dream’ speech (Getty)
H
istory is often narrated to us by those in power. Contributions of black Americans to the building of the US have often been swept under the carpet as history books are written by the mainly white individuals clenching influence. Each February a whole month has been dedicated to black history, but for too long black accomplishments have been overlooked, with white Americans taking the credit. Winston Churchill once said: “It will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.”