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So it’s black history month and I don’t know more about black history than the average person so I decided the invert the premise of “looking back” and I’m looking forward to a vision of “black Future” and how we can write the history of the future today.

I generalize the past eras of black history like this:

1700s: Enslavement

1800s: The Road to Freedom

1900s: The Fight for Our Rights

For this era, I suggest the following name:

2000s: The African American Renaissance

I believe that there is a momentum in the black community that began this century that we have overlooked. With Obama’s election, I believe a new era of Black leadership and excellence is beginning or has been in progress for a while now. The first 3 eras I mentioned are defined by oppression and fighting. I propose that this century, we define our culture by our excellent people and our successes rather than define our culture based on the struggle against another.