How Black Month got started

and important black history that happened in February 

 

 
Black history month has been recognized since 1962 but originally it was called "Negro history  week". Even thought blacks have been in America since the the colonial times we have not been in history books till the 20th century.
The reason we even celebrate black history month was do to Dr. Carter G. Woodson, it was his idea to study the history of black people in this nation. Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it was the birthdates of two important men to him they are Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. But the month of February has more history behind it then just the birthdays then Douglass and Lincoln.  

 

February 23, 1868:

W.E.B. DuBois, important civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born.

February 3, 1870:

The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.

February 25, 1870:

The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels (1822-1901), tool his oath of office.

February 12, 1909:

The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City

February 1, 1960:

In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C, college students began a sit-in at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter.

February 21, 1965:

Malcolm X, the militant leader who promoted Black Nationalism, was shot to death by three Black Muslims 
     

 

 

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