Presidential Proclamation–National African American History Month

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011.  

The great abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass once told us, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”  Progress in America has not come easily, but has resulted from the collective efforts of generations.  For centuries, African American men and women have persevered to enrich our national life and bend the arc of history toward justice.  From resolute Revolutionary War soldiers fighting for liberty to the hardworking students of…