Posted: Feb 16, 2021 10:13 PM ET | Last Updated: February 17
An online event on Tuesday about Black History Month paid tribute to Jean Augustine, Canada s first female Black MP who championed the unanimous vote to designate February as Black History Month in Canada in 1995. (Source: jeanaugustine.ca)
Black History Month marks a special time of remembrance, reflection and recommitment, according to the creator of the Pan-African holiday called Kwanzaa.
Dr. Maulana Karenga, an Africana Studies professor at California State University, Long Beach, said the month honours the past, grounds the present and enriches the future. He said is a time to celebrate in meaningful ways the history of African people in the world.