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African History Month is all twelve months of the year. The term "Black" is a political construct. It came to maturity in the early 1960's when there was diametrical opposition to the white power structure. Our African ancestor, brotha Kwame Toure (formally Stokley Carmichael), is said to have coined the term, "Black Power." But I'm not arguing about the term "Black." Whoever wants to use it can use it. My only point (and this is my opinion) is that there is no "Black History." History is connected to a people, and people are connected to a land. There is no Negro Land, Colored Land, or Black Land, but there is Africa! Personally, I don't use the term "Black." Nor do I classify myself as an American. African is my ancestry, America is just my residency. I am an African in America. Remember Brotha Malcom said, "Just because kittens are born in an oven doesn't make them muffins." Being born in America