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Should African-AmericansCelebrate “Black History Month?

Exposing The Myths”by Michael Imhotep – 2-4-17

• Presented by Michael Imhotep, President of The African History Network, Talk Show Host & Executive Producer of The African History Network Show

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This presentation will focus on The History Of

Black History Month, etc.

1. Deal with the origin Black History Month

2. Why was “Black History Month” created

3. How do we make it relevant for today and the future?

4. Dispel myths regarding our history

Who was Imhotep?• Pronounced (em-ho-tep) it means “he who comes in peace”

in the Medu Neter language of the Ancient Kemites (Egyptians).

• High Priest, physician, architect, mathematician, designer of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara for Pharaoh (Nswt Bity) Zoser of the 3rd Dynasty, known as The World’s 1st Multi-Genius, 3,000 B.C. circa.

This is NOT Imhotep• In the 2001 movie “The Mummy Returns” the

villain was named “Imhotep”, consequently many of our children think that one of our greatest Ancestors was evil and not of African descent.

Actor Arnold Vosloo as High Priest Imhotep

Designed by Imhotep

The Step Pyramid at Saqqara designed by Imhotep

Expanding your Circumference of Awareness

The space inside this Circle represents my realm of knowledge. Everything that I think I know about whatever I think I know is represented within the Circumference of this Circle. I must keep in mind that there are still things to know that exist outside the Circumference of my Own Awareness.

3 Reasons Why I Do This Presentation – “You Don’t Have To Believe A Word I Say – Go Do Your Own Historical Research”. 1. To make you think.

2. To provide the information, history, resources, books, websites, articles, video clips, etc. for your to do your own research.

3. Behavior Modification – “Right knowledge corrects wrong behavior”.

What was Richard Pryor tryingto tell us?

The Richard Pryor

Show, NBC 1977,

Egypt 1909

Who was here First? Why Haven’t we been taught Ourstory?

Dr. David ImhotepHolds the 1st ever Phd in Ancient African Historywww.HistoricTruth.Info

The First Americans Were Africans:Documented Evidence

Pg. 14 – Evidence of an African Presence51,700 years ago in a campsite in Allendale County, SouthCarolina discovered by Dr. Albert Goodyear.

- Artifacts - Genetic M174 - Skulls- Architecture D Haploid Groups - Skeletons- Campsites - Linguistics - Structures- Carvings - Paintings - Tools- Egyptian Writings- Footprints in Lava

713 Footnotes documenting African people as the Indigenous People of The Americas

Dr. David Imhotep, WKRP Channel 5

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Were did Columbus go on his 4 Voyages?

• 1st Voyage – August 3rd, 1492 - Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria. Was in the Bahamas (San Salvador, Cuba, Hispaniola) Hispanolo

• 2nd Voyage – Sept. 1493 – West Indies and Borinquen (Puerto Rico), Jamaica (1494)

• 3rd Voyage – May 1498 – Trinidad and Venezuelan mainland, South America

• 4th Voyage – May 1504 – Panama and Honduras (Central America), History.com

The Origin of the Word America

• “Fulcrums of Change” by Jan Carew, pages 91-105

• Los Amereskkes coming from• Amerrique• Feb. 3rd, 2016, Prof. Kaba

Kamene, “The Origin of The Word America”, The Michael Imhotep Show, AfricanHistoryNetwork.com

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Prof. Kaba Kamene of “Hidden Colors”

Noah Webster Dictionary 1828 Edition

• American• AMER'ICAN, adjective Pertaining to America.• AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America;

originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America.

• The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. – Washington

• http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/American 18

Why is studying African History important?• What you do for yourself,

to yourself and what you allow other people to do to you is based upon what you think about yourself.

• What you think about yourself is based upon what you have been taught about yourself.

• What you have been taught about everything you have read, seen and heard about yourself.

Runoko Rashidi – Historian, Author, Lecturer

Featured in “Hidden Colors 2”

What is Power?“Power” is the ability to define and shape

reality and to have other people accept your

definition of reality as if it were there own.”

From the Latin word “potere”

which means “to be able”.

Dr. Wade NoblesPsychologist

How did Racism start?If you don’t understand European White

Supremacy, what it is and how it works,

everything else that you understand will

only confuse you.

Dr. Neely FullerDr. Frances

Cress Welsing

Morgan Freeman on 60 Minutes, 2006

• Black History Month is? “…ridiculous”

• When is White History Month?

• When is Jewish History Month?

• You’re going to relegate my history to a month?

• If we want to get rid of Racism we need to

stop talking about it.

The Father of Black History Month

December 9th, 1875 – April 4th, 1950

Dr. Carter. G. Woodson• Born to parents who were former slaves in Virginia.

• Starts High School at the age of 19 years old.

• He graduates from Berea College in Kentucky in 1903.

• 1905 - General Superintendent of Education in Manila, Philippines for the U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs. He taught English, Health & Agriculture. He also travels to Asia, North African and Europe in 1907.

• He graduates from University of Chicago, 1907, B.A. & 1908 M.A.

• Teaches High School in Washington D.C. 1909-1919

Dr. Carter. G. Woodson (Cont’d)• Earns a Phd. In History from Harvard University in 1912.

• 1915 – Attends a 3 week Celebration Commemorating the 50Th Anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation

• He decides to create an organization to promote the Scientific Study of Black Life and History!

• Sept. 9th, 1915 – He meets 4 friends at a Wabash YMCA to form ASNLH.

• 1916 – The Journal of Negro Life and History is started.

• 1919-1922 – Prof. at Howard University and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Dean of School of Lib. Arts, West Virginia Collegiate Inst.

Why Do We Celebrate Black History Month?

• Why was Black History Month created?

• Negro History Week was created in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Co-Founder of The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Later changed to Black History Month in 1976.

• Why is it celebrated in February?

Dr. Carter. G. Woodson (Cont’d) 3• 1920 – Urges African-American Civic organizations to

promote our achievements.

• 1924- Omega Psi Phi starts Negro History & Literature Week (Negro Achievement Week).

• 1925 – Sends out Press Release Announcing “Negro History Week” in Feb. 1926, 2nd week in Feb.

• Dr. Woodson believed that history was made by people not primarily by great men.

• The 1920’s – Decade of the “New Negro”. (Post WW I Generation)

• Negro History Week Also focused on African History

Early Themes from ASNLH• 1928 - Civilization: A World Achievement

• 1933 - Ethiopia Meets Error in Truth

• 1935 - The Negro Achievements in Africa

• 1936 - African Background Outlined

• 1960 - Strengthening America Through Education in Negro History and African Culture

• 1971 - African Civilization and Culture: A Worthy Historical Background

• Visit www.ASALH.org

Myths About Black History Month

• Why do we have the shortest month of the year?

• A month is not enough to study our history

• June is Black Music Month

• When is White History Month?

• Visit www.ASALH.org

Dr. Carter G. Woodson (cont’d)

• 1940s – Efforts slowly began within the African-American community to expand the study of African-American History in the schools. In West Virginia, African-Americans began to celebrate Negro History Month.

• 1960s – African-American students on college campuses learn about our history and links to Africa and replaced Negro History Week with Black History Month.

What is Culture

• Traditions, spiritual systems, art, music, dance, folklore, mythology, cosmology, language, educational system, etc.

• Culture acts a an “Immune System” which keeps foreign elements from coming in and attacking you.

Thoughts from Dr. Woodson

• In a Journal of Negro History Article, Woodson called prejudice “the logical result of tradition, the inevitable outcome of thorough instruction to the effect that the Negro has never contributed anything to the progress of mankind”

• He predicted “the achievements of the Negro

properly set forth will crown him as a factor in early human progress and a maker of modern civilization.”

“When you control a man’s thinking you donot have to worry about his actions. You don’t not have to tell him not to stand here

orGo yonder. He will find his “proper place” and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go withoutbeing told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.”

- Dr. Carter G. Woodson, 1933

The Mis-Education Of The Negro

Groundbreaking Research• The “Journal of Negro History” covered a

wide range of topics and let to a shift from the “Master’s” perspective of history to that of the “Slave’s” perspective.

• Woodson and other Journal contributors used census data, birth & death certificates, marriage registers, letters, diaries, and oral histories to investigate our history. These methods have only recently been widely adopted by historians.

The Mis-Education Of The Negro

“History shows that it does not matter who

is in power…those who have not learned to

do for themselves and have to depend

solely on others never obtain any more rights or

privileges in the end than they had in the

beginning” - Dr. Carter G. Woodson, 1933

Other Monthly Cultural Celebrations

• Jewish American History Month - May• National Hispanic History Month – Sept. 15th-

Oct.15th• Irish American History Month – March• Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month -

May• Haitian Heritage Month - May• Native American History Month – Nov.• Hispanic Heritage Month – Sept. 15th – Oct. 15th• German American/Polish American Heritage Month

– OctoberCompiled by Michael Imhotep www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com

Source www.Brownielocks.com

The Pyramid Principle – Tools to help in our Analysis - Foundation

Dr. Leonard Jeffries

Systems Analysis vs.

Paralysis of Analysis

What is Culture?

• Traditions, spiritual systems, art, music, dance, folklore, mythology, cosmology, language, educational system, etc.

• Culture acts a an “Immune System” which keeps foreign elements from coming in and attacking you.

• Culture is the glue or cohesiveness that binds a people together and tells them the only way they will survive is through self reliance.

Were Slaves Really Unskilled?• Crafts, Artisans, Skills Slaves had prior to 1865 –

The Other Slaves: Mechanics, Artisans & Craftsmen – 1978, James Newton, Ronald Lewis

1. Anchor makers

2. Artists

3. Bakers

4. Barrel makers

5. Bartenders

6. Basket makers

7. Beer makers

8. Blacksmiths

9. Bricklayers

10. Brick makers

11. Cabinet makers

12. Cigar makers

13. Cooks

14. Coppersmiths

15. Decorative

Furnishers

16. Fishermen

17. Engineers

18. Gardeners

19. Hemp Baggers

20. Herb Doctors

21. Horse Trainers

22. Hunters

23. Locksmiths

Remember, what you do for yourself is based upon what you think about yourself!

“In the schools of business administration Negroes are trained excessively in the psychology and economics of Wall Street and are, therefore, made to despise the opportunities to run ice wagons, push banana carts, and sell peanuts among their own people. Foreigners, who have not studied economics, but have studied Negroes, take up this business and grow rich.” Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “The Miseducation of

The Negro”, 1933

Paradigm Shift• Is Black History part of American History

or is American History part of African History?

We Are At War!! Everyone knows this except us!!

• African people have been at War since at least 1492 and have been at war with European forces for over 500 years.

• The WAR NEVER ENDED. It just changed it’s form.

• The 13th Amendment continued the WAR

• In 1982 – The WAR ON DRUGS escalated the WAR Against African People

How did Racism start?• The term “race” 1st started being used in the 16th

century. Source: “PowerNomics” by Dr. Claud Anderson, pg. 6-7

• The concept of “race” evolved over a 300 year period of time from the 16th – 18th century.

• It’s a power structure. It’s not hating or not liking someone.

• It occurs when 1 race controls the majority of the wealth, power and resources and uses it to harm others.

• Racism is a system that distributes the advantages and privileges based upon Race.

• Racism is a Power Structure coming out of European White Supremacy.

What is Racism?

How did Racism start?

• The cornerstone of racism was laid in America in 1638 in the colony of Maryland with “The Doctrine of Exclusion”.

• Racism, Prejudice. Discrimination and Bigotry are 4 different things.

“All history is acurrent event. Everything thathas everhappenedcontinues tohappen in someshape, form orfashion.

Dr. John Henrik Clarke

Grandmaster Scholar Warrior

What Freed The Slaves?

• Was it The Emancipation Proclamation or the 13th Amendment that Freed the Slaves?

• What has re-enslaved African-Americans

What Freed The Slaves?

• The 13th Amendment – Dec. 6th, 1865

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary

Servitude, except as a punishment for crime

Whereof the party shall have been duly

Convicted, shall exist within the United

States, or any place subject to their

Jurisdiction.

Was John Hanson the African-American or Moor the 1st

President?

John Hanson, Fact or Fiction

• Delegate to the Continental Congress from 1780-1782.

• He serves a Continental Congress President from 1781-1782.

• He dies in 1783

• Some mistakenly also say that he was a Sen. to Liberia.

• Was John Hanson on the $2 Bill?

John Hanson, Fact or Fiction

• When were cameras invented?

• The picture is a Daguerreotype from ca. 1856

Sen. John Hanson

Who’s on the $2 Bill

• Is this John Hanson or Prince Hall or another person of African Descent?

• There’s a shadow on the original painting which gets mistaken for an African man.

Drafting of the Declaration of Independence, June 28th, 1776

Will the real Isis please stand up!

Was Africa Named After a Roman General named Scipio Africanus?

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus

236 B.C. – 183 B.C.

Words of wisdom from Malcolm X

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today?”

Available at AfricanHistoryNetwork.com

Dr. King, Garvey & Malcolm X What did they have in common?

Sources1) PowerNomics by Dr. Claud Anderson

2) Black Labor, White Wealth by Dr. Claud Anderson

3) Dirty Little Secrets Vol. 1 by Dr. Claud Anderson

4) The First Americans Were Africans – Documented Evidence

5) Before The Mayflower

6) Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization

7) “The Origins of Black History Month” by Prof. Dary Michael Soctt, Howard University, www.ASALH.org.