WE RISE
Today, Black History Month celebrates the past, present and future individuals who are of great influence. Every year a theme is chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and this year in 2020, the theme is African Americans and the Vote. This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It is also the sesquicentennial of the 15th Amendment, which gave African Americans the right to vote.