Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King

In January we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. 

Growing up in ‘my day’ our studies on great African Americans was rich.  We were taught history lessons about Dr. Martin Luther King, Daniel Hale Williams, Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Matthew Henson, Ralph Bunche, Marian Anderson, Rosa Park, Leroy “Stachel” Paige, Shirley Chisholm, Frank Robinson, Arthur Ashe, Wilma Rudolph, Nat Turner, Malcom X, Barbara Jordan, Ralph Bunche, Matthew Henson, Marian Anderson, and my childhood crush, Frederick Douglas.  

Yes, I had a crush on Frederick Douglas! 

I read a post that a mother asked her son if he knew why he had Monday, January 20, off and he didn’t know. He didn’t have a clue who Dr. Martin Luther King was. 

We have failed in keeping Black History alive. 

In additional a bill being introduced by 30 state legislatures to limit the discussion of racial history.  

When our history is banned how will our next generations know about it? How will they know of our struggles, how we overcame and all of the many accomplishments we as a people have achieved?

Well, they won’t if we, personally don’t make it a point to share with them our great history. 

What Will We Do To Change That?

One of children has a love for Black History.  He can literally read books about our history for hours.  

The look on his face while he’s reading about our greatness is priceless! 

GBOC will take steps to make sure our rich history gets passed on.

One huge step is that we will be taking the children to the National Black History Museum in August 2025. (If you would like to contribute to this trip, you can make a donation.) 

We will share with you in the future blogs the other steps we are taking 

In the meantime, we challenge you to adopt an effort and take steps to make sure Black History is not lost. 

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