By ANN GRAY BYRD For many African-Americans, Black History Month is a duality. It gives blacks a chance to look back at the achievements of their distant and recent ancestry. Yet, its very existence reveals hypocrisy, cynicism and ignorance by those who intentionally sought to destroy any record of Africa's illustrious past. Black History Month is an intellectual challenge to the centuries of misinformation about Africa and its inhabitants.
History tells a people where they have been and what they have been.
It is the road map for living, for when a people do not know their history, they cannot chart their future. He prospered, opening two more barber shops in Ukiah and Lakeport and bought 130 acres south of town, which, after the Civil War, became a haven for homeless freed slaves. Those 130 acres are now known as South Park. That little known fact and much more form the basis of a proud, involved history of African-Americans in Sonoma County. Paul and Evelyn Jones were here when the Wyatt's arrived.