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On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long.
- Claudette Colvin
At age 15, on March 2, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama,...
- Claudette Colvin
In February 1926, Woodson sent out a press release announcing the first Negro History Week. He chose February because the month contained the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two prominent men whose historic achievements African Americans already celebrated.
25 Φεβ 2021 · Determined to lead the charge to study that history, Dr. Woodson announced the first Negro History Week in February 1926.
7 Φεβ 2021 · On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long.
26 Ιαν 2021 · He founded Negro History Week in 1926. A few months after the spring 1915 publication of his first book, The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861, Woodson took a big step toward what would...
Eminent scholar and social activist W.E.B. DuBois lauded Negro History Week as the greatest achievement to arise from the Black Renaissance of the 1920s in his 1940 book Dusk of Dawn. Known...
28 Φεβ 2024 · Black History Month. According to the ASALH site, 98 years ago, Woodson “sent out a press release announcing Negro History Week in February, 1926.” The annual celebration of Black history became very popular and grew. In the 1960s, well after Woodson’s death in 1950, Negro History Week morphed into Black History Month.
