Author:
Laurie Nelson-Choice | Visit Baltimore | PCMA DEI Committee Chair
February is Black History Month and the 2023 theme is Black Resistance. This theme explores how “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings,” since the beginning days of our nation.
If you’re interested in exploring this theme, check out these articles:
https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1150977600/black-history-month-2023-theme-3-things-to-know
There are also plenty of ways to celebrate Black history in the DMV, not only in February but all year round: https://washington.org/visit-dc/celebrate-black-history-month
And I love this list of 21 ideas on how to incorporate Black History Month at work:
