It's Black History Month. 28 days to extol and honor the many contributions made by persons of color to our culture. When I was young the only history we ever heard Blacks made was as slaves. That has all changed now. Traffic lights, elevators and even peanut butter has all been attributed to the ingenuity of Blacks. Eygpt, the land of the pharoahs, located at the northern tip of the continent of Africa, birthplace of civilization. If its Africa then Blacks lived there. Those Cleopatra movies starring Liz Taylor and Dick Burton didn't show Blacks much more than as servants. How far have we come that The Prince of Eygpt shows the ruler of this mighty land as being Black. The Confederate flag. The symbol of Dixie and along with the swastica, symbols of racism, once held a very special place in the hearts of people of color in the mid nineteenth century south. Hundreds of thousands of Blacks fought under the Confederate flag, bravely and proudly, all to repel the Northern invaders. Some fought in place of their masters, while others fought lured by promises of freedom, the evidence shows a vast majority fought for their beloved states protection, for family and friend.