Black History
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the
Thirteenth Amedment aboloshed slavery in the United States.
That September, the
Harvard- trained historian Carter G.
Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E....
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Black History
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the
Thirteenth Amedment aboloshed slavery in the United States.
That September, the
Harvard- trained historian Carter G.
Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E.
Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
(ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements
by black Americans and other peoples of African descent.
Known today as the
Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the
group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week
of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick
Douglass.
The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize
local celebrations, establish history clubs and hos performances and lectures.
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