This House resolution, introduced March 3, 2025, recognizes and celebrates Black History Month. The resolution names the 2025 theme as "African Americans and Labor" and cites endorsement by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. It lists historical points and examples included in the text: the role of enslaved labor and its estimated value (in 2016 dollars), post‑Civil War landownership and sharecropping, convict leasing, the Great Migration, World War II economic changes, civil rights-era actions (including the Montgomery bus boycott and the 1963 March on Washington), and the work of leaders and organizers such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Nannie Helen Burroughs, A. Philip Randolph, Addie Wyatt, Melnea Cass, Hattie Canty, and Chris Smalls. The resolution also cites recent statistics on median weekly earnings (a 2023 Pew study) and unemployment rates cited for January 2025. Its formal text includes a short title and a single section in which the House "recognizes the importance of commemorating Black History Month" and "encourages the continuation of its celebration to raise the awareness of this community's accomplishments for all Americans."
The resolution is a formal statement by the House that honors Black History Month and highlights the theme about labor. It encourages continued celebration and public awareness of the history and achievements of Black Americans.
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According to the resolution text, supporters want to recognize and celebrate the historical and ongoing contributions of Black Americans, especially the role of Black labor, and to promote awareness of those achievements nationwide.
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