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President Obama’s Proclamation on

National African American History Month
 

President highlights initiatives to expand

opportunities for all Americans
 

This month, we recognize the courage and tenacity of so many hard-working Americans whose legacies are woven into the fabric of our Nation. We are heirs to their extraordinary progress. Racial prejudice is no longer the steepest barrier to opportunity for most African Americans, yet substantial obstacles remain in the remnants of past discrimination. Structural inequalities -- from disparities in education and health care to the vicious cycle of poverty -- still pose enormous hurdles for black communities across America.

 

 

U.S. Reaction to Decolonization in Africa and the Near East

U.S. Department of  State Office of the Historian

 

Photo Galleries:

 

African Athletes Shine in American Football

 

Black Economic Empowerment in America

 

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

 

Nonviolent Protest: Following Martin Luther King Jr.

 

U.S. Civil Rights Movement

Justice for All: The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall

The attorney who ended legal segregation in the United States with his victory in the "Brown v. Board of Education" case, and the U.S. Supreme Court justice who expanded rights for every individual American -- women, minorities, and immigrants, among many others.

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A LIVING BOOK

More Stories of

American Achievement

The National Museum of African American History &Culture

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The National Urban League

is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities.

The annual theme of the Black History Month is set by 

Free At Last - The U.S. Civil Rights Movement

This book recounts how African-American slaves and their descendants struggled to win — both in law and in practice — the civil rights enjoyed by other Americans. It is a story of dignified persistence and struggle, a story that produced great heroes and heroines, and one that ultimately succeeded by forcing Americans to confront squarely the shameful gap between their universal principles of equality and justice and the inequality, injustice, and oppression faced by millions of their fellow citizens.

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