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25 lut 2021 · Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin? In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the...
25 lut 2021 · Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin? In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the...
In the 1920s, a decade of hope and possibility for Black Americans, Negro History Week begins. Woodson believed deeply that a celebration of Black history would have lasting impact on future generations of leaders.
22 sie 2024 · Black History Month, monthlong commemoration of African American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It was begun in 1976 as an expansion of Negro History Week, which was itself begun in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson.
2 lut 2017 · In February 1926, Woodson sent out a press release announcing the first Negro History Week. He chose February because the month contained the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick...
On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long.
Ultimately Woodson believed Negro History Week—which became Black History Month in 1976—would be a vehicle for racial transformation forever. The question that faces us today is whether or not Black History Month is still relevant? Is it still a vehicle for change?
