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Resource Type: Lesson Plans, Reading Lists. Issue Area: Heritage and History Months. At Center for Racial Justice in Education, we believe that the histories, futures, stories, and voices of Black people should be centered, honored, and uplifted in school curricula every day.
25 lut 2021 · Every year since 1928, Negro History Week, and later Black History Month, has centered on a theme. This year's theme is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.”
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?
Carter G. Woodson, the man who created Negro History Week, which evolved into Black History Month, actually envisioned a time when general American history would incorporate Black American history. He believed that this important aspect of the nation’s collective history was for all to know. It’s a core belief that modern Black history ...
Woodson compiled and sold Negro History Week kits, posters, and large photographs that depicted periods of African-American history. Black women's organizations and social-service groups sponsored lectures and rallies for their members.
Life and History, first proposed a Negro History Week in 1925, seeking to increase awareness of African American contributions throughout American history. Woodson chose the week in February between Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’ birthdays as the time of celebration. Fifty years after the first such week, President Gerald Ford ...
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.
