"It is necessary, then, in order to seize authority in a republic and imprint an evil form upon it, to find that the social fabric has broken down over time, and that little by little and from generation to generation, it has been thrown into disorder; this will come about by necessity, when it is not often renewed by good examples or by new laws to bring it back to its beginnings." Niccolo Machiavelli circa 1519, Discourses on Livy.
Instead of black history month, how about a Bill of Rights month?
Article V to restore the republic.