Too often, the accomplishments of African Americans have not received adequate notice in U.S. history books and classrooms. That is why historian Carter Woodson first proposed a weeklong focus on black history in 1926. The first U.S. celebration of Black History Month happened decades later.
Preserving Black church history
By Jim Patterson
Jan. 4, 2022 | UM News
Continue ReadingConsider an African proverb: “If the lion does not tell its story, the hunter will always be the hero.”
“Persons who are depressed and oppressed have a tendency not to tell their story,” said retired Bishop Forrest Stith, who played a pivotal role in founding the African American Methodist Heritage Center in 2001 to document the history of Black Methodists.