About Black History Month
February is Black History Month
In 1915, Dr.
Carter G.
Woodson and Rev.
Jesse E.
Moorland co-founded the Association for
the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
Their goal was to research and bring awareness to...
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About Black History Month
February is Black History Month
In 1915, Dr.
Carter G.
Woodson and Rev.
Jesse E.
Moorland co-founded the Association for
the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
Their goal was to research and bring awareness to
the largely ignored, yet crucial role black people played in American and world history.
The
following year, Woodson published and distributed his findings in The Journal of Negro History.
He founded the publication with the hope that it would dispel popular mistruths.
He also hoped
to educate black people about their cultural background and instill them with a sense of pride
in their race.
The son of former slaves and the second black person to receive a degree from Harvard
University, Carter Woodson understood the value of education.
He also felt the importance of
preserving one s heritage and, upon his urgings, the fraternity Omega Psi Phi created Negro
History and Literature Week in 1920.
In 1926, Woodson chang
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