Hujambo! Every day of every month of every year should be a celebration of our rich and phenomenal history. February is the month set aside to pay particular attention to the sacrifices and contributions made by Blacks to the fabric of America, indeed, the world. The Roman Catholic Church has also been greatly enriched by the faith and spirituality of those from the African Diaspora. The Motherland and Africans played major roles in the Bible. The birth of Christianity was strengthened by those who dwelt in the caves of Egypt. Let us not forget our prophets, martyrs, and Church leaders.  Black Catholics are the inheritors of an ancient and awesome history.

 

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This Month in Black History:

February 1, 1902

Playwright, poet, author Langston Hughes born

February 2, 1807

Congress bans foreign slave trade.

February 4, 1913

Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer who sparked Montgomery bus boycott, born.

February 11, 1990

Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years.

February 12, 1909

NAACP founded in New York City.

 

February 21, 1965
Malcolm X is assassinated in New York.

February 23, 1868

W.E.B. Dubois, scholar, activist and author of the Souls of Black Folk, born.