February, consecrated as Black History Month in the United States by  
President Ford’s Administration in 1976, is a month we should take the time  
to remember the bad, recognize the good, and honor the heroic. There are so  
many untold stories of resilient individuals who overcame the atrocities of  
enslavement, segregation and the denial of basic human rights, by propelling  
themselves and others into successes that would have been unimaginable just a