Listicles Black History Month 2022

5 Super Interesting Facts About Black American History

1. Rosa Parks wasn't the first

   Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl, refused to move to the back of a bus nine months before Parks did.

2. MLK improvised his most famous speech

   Although he had prepared notes, Martin Luther King Jr. improvised much of his "I Have A Dream" speech.

3. Esther came before Betty

   The iconic cartoon character Betty Boop was modeled after a Harlem jazz singer named Esther Jones.

4. There were black senators in the 19th century

   The first black U.S. senator was Hiram Revels, who took office in 1870.

5. Satchel Paige was baseball's first black hall-of-famer

   Pitcher Satchel Paige was the first black player to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Black History Month, which is celebrated each year during February, is a chance for Americans to learn details of our nation’s history that, unfortunately, are far too often neglected and pushed to the wayside. As the saying goes, black history is American history — and it’s a varied and rich history.

A wise nation honors and learns from its past. It refuses to let the most important facts about our shared and collective memory disappear into the depths of forgotten history. What happened in the past shapes and informs where we are heading in the future, and it’s of paramount importance to set aside a month for learning as much as we can about black history.

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