Reflections on Black History Month in Trump's America

Trump’s America, innocent of any sins, is MAGA propaganda that makes a mockery of Black History Month.

In 1976, the bicentennial year celebrating the birth of our nation with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Republican President Gerald Ford became the first president to recognize February as Black History Month. In a short presidential message, Ford recognized the centrality of American “freedom and the recognition of individual rights” an…