Defender Roundtable: Thanks but we don’t need Donald Trump’s permission to celebrate Black History Month
Every president since 1976 has signed a proclamation declaring February as Black History Month.
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Donald Trump’s second turn as President has been defined by his constant overreaching.
And we aren’t even a month into his second term.
Trump and his administration raised some eyebrows when they declared an end to identity months, including Black History Month. As we know, February has long been identified as Black History Month, and every president has signed a proclamation declaring this month as Black History Month since 1976.
Trump did sign the proclamation, but what if he hadn’t?
Black Americans have always celebrated February—the shortest month of the calendar year—as a time to honor our culture, accomplishments, and dreams for the future. We don’t need anybody’s permission for that.
BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY❗
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This work is far… pic.twitter.com/KPZyuHJiD2— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) February 4, 2025
But it was kind of Trump and his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, to give us the okay to have Black History Month. The only thing is that the work of Carter G. Woodson and the accomplishments of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Shirley Chisholm, Barack Obama, and countless others had long given us the permanent go-ahead.
What’s absurd and hypocritical is all of the anti-DEI and affirmative action policies this current White House is pushing but still has the audacity to mention Black History Month.
In our latest episode, the Defender Roundtable panel discusses Black History Month and how don’t need anyone’s permission to celebrate our heritage and the accomplishments of Black Americans.
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