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African American History Month, February 2005

African-American History month 2004 

This Website commemorates African American History Month -- which is celebrated in the U.S. during the month of February. The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH) marks this occasion by designating a theme each year.

The theme of National African American History Month this year, "The Niagara Movement: Black Protest Reborn, 1905-2005," honors the grassroots movement of 1905 to 1910 that was organized to fight racial discrimination in America. Led by W.E.B. DuBois, the movement called for voting rights for African Americans, opposed school segregation, and worked to elect officials committed to fighting racial prejudice. Americans today carry on this movement as our Nation strives to live up to our founding principle that all of God's children are created equal.

 

 

President Bush Proclaims National African American History Month, 2005

 

African-American History Month 2005, The White House

 

National African American History Month 2003, 2004, The White House

 

The History and Origins of African-American History Month -- Department of State

 

The 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

 

Gateway to African-American History --- Department of State

 

Civil Rights in the United States --- Department of State

 

U.S. Embassy Seoul Website on Multiculturalism & Ethnic Diversity

 

African American History and Culture Resources --- Smithsonian Institution

 

The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

 

 

March on Washington
1963 The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial during his I Have a Dream speech. Six leaders meet to plan the civil rights March on Washington. President Kennedy poses with a group of leaders of the March on Washington. Mount Bethel Baptist Church was a gathering spot for the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963. Civil rights demonstrators walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington. Demonstrators gathered at the Washington Monument grounds before the March on Washington. An aerial view from a helicopter shows the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memoria. Crowds gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures during his I Have a Dream speech. Crowds seen at the March on Washington. Groups supporting the civil rights movement are among the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial rally. A civil rights marcher cools off his bare foot on the surface of the reflecting pool. Civil Rights heroine, Rosa Parks. Members of Congress and civil rights leaders at an observance marking the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington. Stonecarver Andy DelGallo engraves a portion of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech to be installed on the floor of the Lincoln Memorial.

August 28, 2003
Corretta Scott King, right, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton console Rep. John Lewis as they stand at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. People gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington. Equal rights demonstrators rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial. A flag bearing the image of Marin Luther King, Jr., hangs at a tent on the Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Corretta Scott King, center, and her three children stand at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the uncovering of a granite landing commerating the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech. Four-year-old Andrew Franklin White-Cleary looks at the words inscribed at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the uncovering of a granite landing commerating the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech.

 

      

W.E.B. Dubois