Black History In Month People
Black History In Month People
Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States (US) and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October.
The remembrance was founded in 1926 by United States historian Carter G. Woodson as "Negro History Week". Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass. Woodson also founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
Purpose
When the tradition of Black History Month had started in the US, many in mainstream academia had barely begun to explore black history. At that point, most representation of blacks in history books was only in reference to the low social position they held as slaves and their descendants, with infrequent exceptions such is that of George Washington Carver. In the US, Black History Month is also referred to as African-American History Month. W.E.B. DuBois' 1935 work Black Reconstruction was an early work in history that pointed to black contributions.
See also
- African-Americans
- American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)
- Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
- Racial segregation in the United States
- Great Migration (African American)
- History of slavery in the United States
- African American newspapers
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- LGBT History Month
- List of commemorative days
References
- ^ Elissa Haney. "The History of Black History" . http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmintro1.html . Retrieved 2009-03-19 .
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Patrick E. Hughes. "Association for the Study of African American Life and History". Asalh.org
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