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About Black History Month...

 

  • Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month."
  • It was not until the 20th century that they gained a respectable presence in the history books.
  • Black History Month is a remembrance of the events in the history of the African dissolution. Since 1976, it is celebrated annually in the U.S and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October. In the U.S., Black History Month is also referred to as African-American History Month.
  • Black History Month actually started as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson.
  • When Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week, his purpose was for the history of African Americans to become considered a more significant part of American history as a whole.
  • The goal of Black History Week was to educate the American people about African-Americans' cultural backgrounds and achievements.
  • The purpose of Black History Month is to promote awareness of African American history to the general public.
  • During Black History Month, African American history is taught to thousands of students at the elementary, high school and university levels.
  • February is the month that Black History Month is celebrated.
  • Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history.
  • The event grew out of “Negro History Week”
  • Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month.
  • Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.
  • Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it marks the birthdays of two men who greatly influenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
  • Woodson and Rev. Jesse E's goal was to bring awareness to the role black people played in American and Black history.
  • Carter was the son of former slaves and the second black person to receive a degree from Harvard University.
  • Woodson played a very important role during his time. He provided learning materials to teachers and black history clubs.
  • Woodson also published photographs that depicted important figures in black culture.

http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/