What is interesting about black history month?

Answer 1

• The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week."
• This week was chosen because it marked the birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
• The expansion of Black History Week to Black History Month was first proposed by the leaders of the Black United Students at Kent State University in February 1969.
• The first celebration of the Black History Month took place at Kent State one year later, in February 1970.
• Black History Month was first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1987.
• In 1995, after a motion by politician Jean Augustine, Canada's House of Commons officially recognized February as Black History Month and honor Black Canadians.
• Black History Month sparks an annual debate about the continued usefulness and fairness of a designated month dedicated to the history of one race.