Why Is Black History Month Important

Every February the question that continues to wonder in many peoples mind is why do Americans celebrate black history month and is it still necessary. That answer is yes we do need to celebrate, some reasons why are that stereotypes of black Americans have to change, confidence in young black women and men needs to increase and notoriety of what blacks have done in history need to continue to be recognized. Now lets take a more detailed look these reasons why black history month is still necessary
The first reason why black history month is still need to be celebrated is because of the stereotypes about blacks. Black Americans have been the subject of many stereotypes throughout the years. Some stereotypes are all black people have bad credit, all black women live in section 8 housing, and the famous all black people love chicken and watermelon. Black history month is needed to show …show more content…
A man by the name of Carter G. Woodson created black history week in 1926. The month of February was chosen be cause it is the birthday month of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas. In 1976 Black history wee became black history month. During this time each year black communities had already begun celebrating their birthdays. Woodson created black history month because there was a lack in the historical teachings of black accomplishments in the public school system.by dedicating one month each year, to inform the American public of the accomplishments that black American’s have done in history. For instance getting rid of black history month would essentially start the downward trend of the American public and black American’s being less informed of black history. The school system could also take the teaching of black history out of the lesson plans and ultimately leave society clue less about black history in the