Take time to learn about Black History Month and find inspiration

Editor:

February is Black History Month. I, being thirsty for knowledge, have been looking at Black History Month for years. Not only at Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, but deeper into Black History.

Both Malcolm X and M.L.K. are well known and I enjoy and get inspiration from their quotes and stories. I found both Bass Reeves and George Washington Carver both made their mark on the world. Some years ago I came across the man Robert Smalls and I have been a Robert Small’s fan ever since.

Well I wrote some letters to seven US Congressional members stating yet another displeasure and on NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries letter I hand wrote about the human trafficking and drug trafficking on the Southern Border and that he is a backstabber and he should strive to be like Robert Smalls.

Our history is important because words are nothing more than recycled air. It is a man’s or woman’s actions that define who and what they are. I asked all the public servants that I wrote to change their ways and work for the People of the United States and not foreigners.

Of course I also mentioned that I am overtaxed. I wrote that if it is one thing all men have in common, it is their ability to error. If a man’s mistakes determine what he was, then what he does about those mistakes should determine what he is and mentioned Robert Smalls.

We all can learn from history, whether that history is good or bad. We must learn from that history and not make the same mistakes that those in history made. I leave you and your readers a Robert Smalls quote: “My race needs no special defense for the past history of them and this country. It proves them to be equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an equal chance in the battle of life.”

Steve Colon

Lyndonville