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The History of Black History
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The History of BLACK HISTORY

Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro

History Week" and later as "Black History Month"

We owe the celebration of Black History Month, and more importantly, the

study of black history, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson.



• In 1926, he launched Negro History Week as an initiative to

bring national attention to the contributions of black people

throughout American history.



• Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History

Week because it marks the birthdays of two men who greatly in-

fluenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass

and Abraham Lincoln .



• However, the month of FEBRUARY has much more than Doug-

lass and Lincoln to show for its significance in black American his-

tory.



• In February of



1868: W. E. B. DuBois, important civil rights leader 1960: In what would become a civil-rights move

and co-founder of the NAACP, was born. ment milestone, a group of black Greensboro,

N.C., college students began a sit-in at a seg

1870: The 15th Amendment was passed, granting regated Woolworth's lunch counter.

blacks the right to vote.

1965: Malcolm X, militant leader who promoted

1870: The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels Black Nationalism, was shot to death by three

(1822-1901), took his oath of office Black Muslims.

.

1909: The National Association for the Advancement

of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a

group of concerned black and white citizens in


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