BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Niagara Falls pastor is working on expanding Black History Month from one month a year to six months a year.
He believes this approach will educate and empower the younger Black generation.
Lomax Barnes, the pastor of New Jerusalem Life, hopes to implement the "In God We Trust, Black History Movement," hosting Black History Sundays at different churches from January through June.
"We just have one month in February. I had a vision one night that we should do better, and I got up the next morning and went to one of the senators and he told me that this would never happen," said Pastor Barnes. "I believe that God speaks, I feel like the Duke of Earl; nothing can stop me."
His movement has spread to churches in Western New York and Rochester, but Pastor Barnes wants to take it statewide and eventually from coast to coast.
"It's a great opportunity for the churches to get together. Also, the children enjoy it because they learn more about their culture and they can have a sense of pride and belonging."
