Keven Caban
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...
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Keven Caban
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
History Week grew in popularity throughout the following decades, with mayors
across the United States endorsing it as a holiday.
In 1976, the country s bicentennial, Negro History Week was expanded to Black
History Month.
Gerald Ford spoke in regards to this, urging Americans to "seize the
opportunity to honor the too-often negl
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