Human Rights is Civil Rights. This Black History month the Ferguson Human Rights Commission would like to recognize Civil Rights, Human Rights and Black History.
Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. Black History Month’s first endorsement was Negro History Week, created in February 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, known as the “father of Black history.”
Woodson is a Harvard educated historian who started a group now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Woodson was the son of a former slave and was the second African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. He formed his group 50 years after the abolishment of slavery in the United States. The purpose of the Human Rights Commission is to prevent or eliminate discriminatory practices.
The HRC focus areas are: Housing, Employment and Public Accommodations.
Human rights are rights that all humans have, simply because they are human. There are many historical documents that cover human rights but The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, passed by the United Nations after World War II, is the most important worldwide document. In the United States, federal, state, and local laws cover rights of American citizens based the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. Sometimes these rights are called civil rights. Ferguson’s Human Rights law, or ordinance, can be found in Chapter 21 of the City’s Municipal Code.
