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Black History Month

History

Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, initiated the first Negro History Week in February 1926. He selected February because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two Americans who helped shape black history. In 1976, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History institutionalized the shift from a week-long to a month-long celebration, and, every year since, each US President has issued a proclamation honoring Black History Month.

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