On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
I join my colleagues in this celebration of Black History Month, a time when we, as African-Americans, remember our past and look with hope toward our future. The African-American community has been blessed, in the past and the present, with countless men and women whose courage and fortitude has guided us through the most difficult of times. We pause to honor heroes like the abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman; the famous educator Booker T. Washington; Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and of course, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. whose message of nonviolent change remains as relevant today as it was during his lifetime. In addition to these legendary figures, there are unsung heroes and heroines working every day in our communities to bring positive change and hope to black Americans.
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