Why Black History Month
Woodson known as the father of Black history This historian helped establish the field of African American studies and his organization the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History aimed to encourage people of all. On people like WEB. Black History Month 2021 Arlington Public Schools Woodson had the same frustration he set the foundation for what would become todays national Black History Month observed each February. Why black history month . It took place during the second week of February because it coincided with the birthdates of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Black people are more than slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. It is also a time where we recognize the key roles African Americans played in US. Dubois Rosa Parks Maya Angelou Louis Armstrong Frederick Douglass and more. Also called African-American History Month this event originally began as Negro History Week in 1926. History Many of us share fond and some unpleasant memories of the ye...