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Title: Black History Month


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Black History Month
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Father of Black History
  • Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19,
    1875 at New Canton, Virginia
  • He was an American historian who first opened the
    long-neglected field of black studies to scholars
    and also popularized the field in the schools and
    colleges of African Americans
  • Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and head of
    the graduate faculty at Howard University,
    Washington, D.C. (1919-20)

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Origins of Black History Month
  • In 1915, historian Carter G. Woodson proposed a
    "Negro History Week" to honor the history and
    contributions of African-Americans
  • Nine years later, his dream became reality

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  • Woodson chose the second week of February to pay
    tribute to the birthdays of two Americans that
    dramatically affected the lives of African
    Americans
  • Abraham Lincoln (February 12)
  • Frederick Douglass (February 14)

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February is Black History Month
  • The week-long observance officially became Black
    History Month in 1976.
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