Black History Month x ABC10
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Is there a person or place we should highlight during Black History Month? Email ABC10's Race and Culture team, raceandculture@abc10.com.
In honor of Black History Month, ABC10 is sharing stories and perspectives from the Black community about the importance of recognizing Black history and culture.
This year's theme for Black History Month is Black Resistance. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the theme reflects the ways in which "African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings since our arrival upon these shores. Black people have sought ways to nurture and protect Black lives, and for autonomy of their physical and intellectual bodies through armed resistance, voluntary emigration, nonviolence, education, literature, sports, media, and legislation/politics."
Here's what 10 Black-identifying Sacramento residents said about what it means to them to be Black.