1926
The first year Negro History Week was first celebrated was in 1926.
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. Of course, now that week turned into the entire month.
Actually It was Carter G. Woodson who started Negro history week on February 7th, 1926.
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 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 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.
Black History Month is an outgrowth of Negro History Week, established by black historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926. He designated the second week in February to mark the birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The week was expanded to a month in 1976, as part of the nation's Bicentennial commemoration. Since 1976, it is celebrated annually in the USA and Canada in February and the UK in the month of October. In the U.S., Black History Month is also referred to as African-American History Month.
He was a author, editior, publisher, and historian. At 19, he tought hisself English and arithmetic, he entered high school and mastered a four-year curriculum in less than two years. From 1897 to 1900, Carter G. Woodson began teaching in Winona, Fayette County. In the1900, he returned to Huntington to become the principal of Douglass H.S. He received his Bachelor of Literature degree from Berea College, Kentucky. From 1903 to 1907, he was a school supervisor in the Philippines. Eventually he traveled throughout Europe and Asia and studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris. In 1908, he received his masters degree from the University of Chicago, and in 1912, he received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He became the second black to receive a doctorate in history. He became very interested in History. In 1913 he became a member of Member of the American Negro Academy.In 1918 A Century of Negro Migration was published. Other books have started to follow Other books followed: A Century of Negro Migration in 1918, The History of the Negro Church in 1927, and The Negro in Our History. After retirereing from Howard University, he committed the rest of his life to historical research, and to preserving the history of African Americans. In 1926 Woodson commenced the annual February observance of Negro History Week. He chose February for the observance because February twelfth was Abraham Lincoln's birthday and February fourteenth was the accepted birthday of Frederick Douglass. By the 1970s, Negro History Week had extended to become Black History Month
Maikol Negro was born on February 28, 1988.
Maikol Negro was born on February 28, 1988.
Second Ward Negro Elementary School was created in 1939.