President proclaims Black History Month
I am very honored to recognize February 2025 as National Black History Month.
Every year, National Black History Month is an occasion to celebrate the contributions of so many black American patriots who have indelibly shaped our nation’s history.
Throughout our history, black Americans have been among our country’s most consequential leaders, shaping the cultural and political destiny of our Nation in profound ways.
American heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice Clarence Thomas and countless others represent what is best in America and her citizens. Their achievements, which have monumentally advanced the tradition of equality under the law in our great country, continue to serve as an inspiration for all Americans.
We will also never forget the achievements of American greats like Tiger Woods, who have pushed the boundaries of excellence in their respective fields, paving the way for others to follow.
This National Black History Month, as America prepares to enter a historic Golden Age, I want to extend my tremendous gratitude to black Americans for all they have done to bring us to this moment, and for the many future contributions they will make as we advance into a future of limitless possibility under my administration.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, president of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2025 as National Black History Month.
I call upon public officials, educators, librarians and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.
The Low Country of the southeast US
The past few years I have been exposed to the Gullah and Geechee cultures in the coastal Carolinas and Georgia. I have visited that region and observed. They're a loyal and Christian lot. The ideals expressed in our founding documents resonate with the individuals I met. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was born and raised in this sub-set of Americans. Justice Thomas was the Court nominee that Joe Biden, and many other progressives, were dead set against. Those obtuse Senators in 1991, held way more loyalty to the democrat party, than to the Constitution.