The Voice

In this month, there are several holidays — Valentine’s Day and President’s Day. Does anyone know what the whole month is?
That’s right, February is Black History Month. Why do we celebrate just one month out of the year? Would you known the correct month if I had not already told you?
Tom Joyner recently started this experiment on television by asking ordinary people in a 30 seconds commercial which month is Black History month and why.
Who is Tom Joyner? He’s been called the “Fly Jock” and the “Hardest Working Man in Radio.” Tom Joyner is a breakfast host and star of ABC Radio Network’s “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” each weekday from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., during which he invites a nationwide audience into his studio home.
Joyner’s commercial raises the question of why every day of the year cannot be Black History day. On this television commercials, a child thinks the month is October, because a famous African American founded a chocolate candy, and therefore brought sweets for Halloween.
Another moment is with an older lady in her garden. She guesses wrong again.
Joyner’s commercial makes us think, “why just one month out of the whole year do we recognize people like Martin Luther King, or Rosa Parks”? These were people who changed history, people who made a difference,and who stood up for what they believed in no matter what the cost.
Georgia College & State University has so many events planned for this month, from a “Hooked on Love” seminar on Valentine’s Day to author Lawrence C. Ross, Jr. speaking on February 28 to close the month. Every week is packed with events for student to broaden their minds with culture.
LaRetha Spain-Shuler, encourages students by challenging them, “Ask yourself this question, how can I make a cultural difference at Georgia College & State University.” Get involved– history is what molded us into what we are today. Show pride in another culture’s history.
In this time of suffering, we need to stand tall, together, and be proud. If not this month, next month, or two months from now, education and learning is what we are here for. For more information on any events this month, contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 445-4233.
The Colonnade Staff wants to end this week with an excerpt from one of their favorite speeches of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. This speech was delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.
“Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “‘Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’”
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