It is time to celebrate the contribution of women to our society. Celebrating the contributions of women is incredibly important and helps to mark the enormous progress women have made against a system that once believed their intelligence and purpose were inferior to that of men.
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Ephesians 2:10 states that we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Throughout American history and world history, for that matter, society has devalued those born with darker skin. In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, an African American historian and journalist, created Negro History Week, the second week of February, to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of African Americans in America. In 1970, Kent State University black educators and students expanded it to Black History Month and in 1976, President Gerald Ford recognized it as a month to be celebrated.
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Ephesians 2:10 states that we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Throughout American history and world history, for that matter, society has devalued those born with darker skin. In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, an African American historian and journalist, created Negro History Week, the second week of February, to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of African Americans in America. In 1970, Kent State University black educators and students expanded it to Black History Month and in 1976, President Gerald Ford recognized it as a month to be celebrated.
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When we observe Martin Luther King’s birthday (Monday, January 17th), we also can’t help but think about the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. was so integral to the progress of civil rights for African Americans in the United States. Through speeches, organized marches, sit ins, and other peaceful protests, people from all over the world raised the banner of injustice, demanding that unjust laws and practices be changed. Many laws have been changed, and more are changing but there is still work to do to treat people fairly in our country and around the world.
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