Richmond breaks down the lie that Blacks were "given" Black History Month by describing the work of Black activists such as Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who focused on the importance of African history and launched the Negro History Week (1926) which grew into Black History Month (1976). Woodson also wrote the seminal book The Miseducation of the Negro. It was Carter's idea to study a part of Black history for a year and then write about it during the Black History month.
The interview turns to Nina Simone, whom Richmond respected and believed stood for something (justice, liberation, revolution) in her music and in her support for Malcolm X and Martin Luther King in Selma. She is an historical figure and the revolutionary message of her music will live on forever.
Interview with Norman Otis Richmond
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