Celebrating Black History Month

It is the beginning of February which means it is Black History Month.  This is a month that we should dedicate toward celebrating certain African Americans who struggled but stayed on that rocky path to succeed.  Most of us would probably just name popular people like Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, and Spike Lee.  Even though, these are some names that have done a lot for the community.  I think that we should do a little more depth research on some of the deceased African-Americans who were idols of our idols today.  For instance, a lot of people don’t know that Granville T. Woods.  Wood’s parents were slaves and he dropped out of school to support his family at the age of 10!!!  I know a lot of you are wondering like how is this relevant, but he was the one invented the train-to-station communication system.  I’m just saying that there is a lot of things that certain African-Americans have done for us, and this is the perfect month to look it up and show appreciation.
During February, I always wrote a paper on how, and what a certain African Americans has done for the community.  I loved reading about how fearless, determined, and how dedicated they were.  Also how they stopped at nothing to strive. Today, while I was going through my early 5th grade days.  I noticed a paper that I wrote with huge bold typed letters across the front, "African-American History Month....George Washington Carver".  I remember being stubborn while writing this paper.  I acted this way because I wanted to write my paper on the greatest basketball player a live named Michael Jordan, but my father wouldn't let me.  He told me that I knew too much about him already (because I loved to wear Michael Jordan shoes) and I would benefit much more on someone that I didn't have a clue about.  And now I have a different out look on what I wrote.  I am proud to say that I have written a paper about George Washington Carver!! He did so much that a lot of people don't really give him credit for.  They may say that he was the man who found out how to make peanuts, but he is known for so much more.  He actually was born a slave.  He lived a very hard life.  He also didn’t go to college until he was thirty years old.  I feel very sorry for him but I also applause him for his determination and his will power to succeed.