Black History Month
Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is an annual
observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdomfor remembrance of
important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.
It is...
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Black History Month
Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is an annual
observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdomfor remembrance of
important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.
It is celebrated
annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in
October.
Black History Month had its beginnings in 1926 in the United States, when
historian Carter G.
Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and
History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week".
This week
was chosen because it marked the birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick
Douglass.
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Woodson created the holiday with the hope that it eventually be eliminated
when black history became fundamental to American history.
Negro History Week was
met with enthusiastic response; it prompted the creation of black history clubs, an
increase in interest among teachers, and interest from progressive
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