Black History Month started coming together in 1915. In September of that year, Carter G. Woodson a Harvard man and Jesse E. Moorland a minister founded the “Association for the Study of Negro Life and History”, which was an organization that dedicated to researching and eipromoting achievements by black Americans and other peoples of African descent. The organization is now known as the “Association for the Study of African American Life and History”. Back in 1926 the group came up with national Negro History week and decided to hold the celebration the second week of February to combine the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The celebration gave inspiration to communties nationwide. In the late 1960s, thanks to the Civil Rights Movement Negro History Week had became Black History Month.
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Ford gave Black History Month recognition and annouced to the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Since then, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific
Ford gave Black History Month recognition and annouced to the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Since then, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific