John,

This month, we celebrate the genius, creativity, and accomplishments of Black Americans — achievements that exist far outside the bounds of a single month.

Black history is American history, and it's all around us — especially here in Philadelphia. Here are just a few of the lesser-known Black trailblazers from our city:

• Crystal Bird Fauset was the first Black woman elected to a state legislature in the nation, representing the 18th District of Philadelphia in 1938. She introduced legislation that addressed public health, low-income housing, and women’s workplace rights. Fauset eventually became a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet."


• Caroline LeCount was a Philly-born educator who paved the way for activists by fighting to desegregate public transportation — a century before Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks.


• Alain Leroy Locke, born in Philadelphia in 1885, was the first Black Rhodes Scholar known as the 'Dean' of the Harlem Renaissance. Recognized alongside Renaissance figures such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Locke was one of the greatest philosophers in American history.

Celebrating our brothers and sisters who helped shape our nation is just one small part of Black History Month. It's also time for the collective to recognize the pervasive inequalities Black folk are still facing every single day in housing, education, health care, and more. Inequities that will only persist under a hostile administration.

But I want to be clear: I remain committed to forwarding our fight for justice and equity in Congress. That's a fight I take with me no matter the month, who the president is, or what's trending on social media.

I'm honored to have you by my side. Together — we are unstoppable.

In solidarity,

Dwight

 

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