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Celebrated Black Americans

February is Black History Month, a federally recognized celebration since 1926. The time provides the opportunity for all Americans to reflect on the significant roles that African Americans have played in the shaping of U.S. history.

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Martin Luther King Jr. is the best known leader of the Civil Rights struggle. He believed in peaceful protests to bring about change. He had a dream that one day Americans would not judge each other by their skin color, but by what they are like as people.

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