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Black History, Our History: Remembrance, Inspiration and Stories from the South

February 13, 2021 by natalie1 Comment

One Month Isn’t Enough

Whenever a “month” rolls around to celebrate a “minority group” like “Black History Month”, “Women’s History Month”, “Latino History Month” or “Asian History Month,”  I feel ambivalent and torn. A little bit like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Special and inspiring, yet woefully inadequate and kind of cheap. One day, one month to recognize and appreciate centuries of history, struggles, triumphs, contributions and generations of stories, heard and unheard. Really.

Nonetheless, any opportunity for reflection and celebration is a good opportunity!

Black History is Our History

I discovered this amazing and underappreciated historical site in Lithonia, Georgia. The mission of the Flat Rock Archives is to support the greater Flat Rock community by documenting, preserving, and making available the records and stories of former African American enslaved people and their descendants who have inhabited the Flat Rock area since the early nineteenth century. The Archives seeks to celebrate and share the legacy of rural African American culture from bygone eras with future generations. Thanks, Johnny, for the personal tour to the cemetery and your dedication to preserving the legacy.

Here are several more that I’ve been to that are definitely worth visiting:

  • Apex Museum – Atlanta
  • Center for Civil and Human Rights – Atlanta
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church – Atlanta
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park – Atlanta
  • Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail – Protest Campsites
  • Civil Rights Memorial Center, Southern Poverty Law Center – Montgomery
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture – Washington D.C.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial – Washington D.C.

I’d love to hear about your visits, experiences and additional recommendations to my short list of sites…

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Filed Under: NewsTagged With: african american history, asian food, black history month, chinese food, civil rights, culture, Food, Georgia, slave history, soul food, southern food, southern history

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  1. April Thomassays

    February 14, 2018 at 11:21 pm

    Wow Natalie. I had no idea such history was literally in my backyard. Thanks for the head’s up. I’ll have to check it out.

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