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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
“The History of Black History Month"
The seeds of Black History Month were planted in 1915, when historian Carter G. Woodson and prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. That organization sponsored the first national Negro History Week in 1926. They chose the second week of February for remembrance, the same week that Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas were born.
In the decades that followed, mayors of cities issued proclamations recognizing the week, which evolved into Black History Month on many college campuses.
President Gerald R. Ford was the first president to officially recognize Black History Month in 1976, calling on the public to “Seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
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February 1st, 2012
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