Black History Month, also known as African-American History
Month, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada,
and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people
and events in the history of the African diasporas.
It is
celebrated...
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Black History Month, also known as African-American History
Month, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada,
and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people
and events in the history of the African diasporas.
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.
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 whites.
Negro Histor
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