Black History birthdays to commemorate their presents in African American liberation and civil rights.
The month of February is designated as Black History Month
The month of February is designated as Black History Month.”
Since the 1970s, the well-known declaration has ushered in a slew of commemorations of African American history and achievement, ranging from Black History Minutes on local television stations to presidential proclamations.
But why is February designated as African American History Month? Carter G. Woodson, a renowned American historian who pioneered the subject of African American studies in the early twentieth century, has the answer.
After the end of Lincoln and Douglass, the Black population recognized their birthdays to commemorate their presents in African American liberation and civil rights.
By founding Negro History Week in February, Woodson hoped to honor Lincoln and Douglass’ inestimable legacies while broadening an existing installation of the
Black history covers not just the completion of those couple large people but more the story and accomplishments of Black bodies in vague. Any cities held February to be Negro History Month as early as the 1940s.
With the development of the American civil rights movement and Black consciousness in the 1960s, Negro History Week became Black History Month in an increasing number of localities.
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