On Sunday evening nearly 100 people gathered in the AHS auditorium to experience some amazing performances from local black dance groups, sororities, singers, etc. The Anderson Steppers/Unique Diamonds has been hosting this event for the past 5 years to celebrate the black culture and to really show young black kids the culture that they really don’t learn in school or even out in the real world.

As the program started everybody rose for a prayer and the black national anthem led by Rodney Nichols. They had a local sorority group AKA from Muncie, Indiana. A dance step group named the G3 steppers from Indianapolis and many more groups from around.

“I sang the poem “Hello Black Child” before my team performed and that incorporated black history, also the dances we did were created by African Americans.” Amariah Taylor said. Many dance teams like the William Harvey dance team used poems or speeches from black activist overtime in their performances. Black history is important for a lot of people around the world and it really isn’t celebrated like it should be. “Black people should celebrate and take black history month very seriously, they all should be proud that they are black.” Nikayla Jones explained.

Black history is a narrative that has been going on for centuries of slavery, resistance movements, just like the Underground railroad, civil rights movement’s fighting for equality, and other ongoing struggles against racial discrimination. This is why black history should be more celebrated and talked about because the back story on how we got some equality now today.