For 109 years, NAACP members have fought for equality and opportunity in the United States. We’ve spoken up, sat down, and sat in. We’ve won hundreds of lawsuits and marched thousands of miles.

We celebrate all of our members and allies who are sharing Black history this month and are making history each and every day. Our efforts for voting rights, quality public education, police reform, affordable health care, and clean air honor the sacrifices of our forbearers and advance the cause of justice for all.

Here are just a handful of the Black History Month events taking place across the country thanks to local NAACP efforts:

• Buses in Corpus Cristi, Texas will be decorated with the faces of local Black leaders and civil rights heroes.

• Public school students in Jackson, Tennessee will have a chance to meet with state lawmakers.

• Poets will gather in the town of Salina, Kansas for an evening of spoken-word performances.

• Students in Lincoln County, Mississippi will put on a pageant honoring Black trailblazers.

• The Vancouver, Washington community library will feature an exhibit confronting racism and xenophobia in the Pacific Northwest.

NAACP commend all of the NAACP branches leading their communities in celebrations of Black history and in pursuit of progress.