Black History Month
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History Month is celebrated annually in the United States, Canada and United
Kingdom. Recognition of black history originated in 1926 by historian Carter G.
Woodson as "Negro History Week". It was later celebrated as Black
History Month. Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the
birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social
condition of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln and
abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass.
Did you know that until
the study of black history, blacks were absent from history books? Carter G.
Woodson established the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915, and a year
later founded the widely respected Journal of Negro History. "Negro
History Week" was intended to bring national attention to black people's
contributions throughout history.
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