Pamela Tinsley
Los Angeles
For the same reason we choose to identify as African Americans. To be seen and heard because we have been invisible for so long.”
Evelyn Moore
Santa Clarita
“We need Black History Month so we don’t forget on whose shoulders we stand. We have to have it, otherwise we will forget.”
Debra Hayter
Los Angeles
“We need youth as well as adults to understand, cherish and celebrate our history and legacy and the role we played in making America what it could be today.”
Roland Wiley
Los Angeles
“I teach Black history every Sabbath. It’s called the Bible. … If we read it daily, we will know how important our history is.”
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in Leimert Park and Los Angeles.
