Honoring Black Americans’ Role in the Inception of Memorial Day
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 30, 2023
By NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Stacy M. Brown
Memorial Day has a deep historical connection to the African American community in the United States.
The holiday, which originated as Decoration Day, initially began when formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants gathered to honor and decorate the graves of Union soldiers who fought during the Civil War.
“Oddly, that’s a fact that I wasn’t fully aware of,” former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young told the Black Press.
“It’s not surprising, though,” said Young, an American civil rights leader and . . .
