Political Quotes

“And still I rise, a proud African American. I rise today because we are into Black History Month, the second day, and I rise today because I am very much concerned about history in this country. For you see, Mr. Speaker, there are efforts across the length and breadth of the country to distort history and, in many instances, not to allow it to be taught. Can you imagine Black history not being taught in this country? That would make Black History Month more important, but my hope is that at some point we don't need Black History Month because history will be taught every day and there won't be a need to accentuate the things that have happened to African Americans in this country. But the notion that we can't teach the true history of what happened to us in the United States of America and what happened to the people in the United States of America is offensive. And it is not just about African Americans, by the way. It is also about Jewish people, not being able to teach what happened to Jewish people. Can you imagine more than six million people murdered, and we can't teach this in our schools? The number is not known truly. Huge number. And what happened to them? How were they killed? They weren't just murdered in concentration camps. Many of them were murdered in their homes, in their yards, in the ghettos. And that can't be taught?…”