Black History Month... What does it mean to you?

Black History Month is a national annual observance for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African people.

Did you know black history month originated in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson but was called "Negro History Week." He (Woodson) chose the second wk of February because of former president Abraham Lincoln and Former slave Frederick Douglass who both greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans. I want to thank Carter G. Woodson for starting black history month bc it gives us "African Americans" a chance to learn more about our history, the good and bad. It also gives other races a chance to learn a little more also. Be grateful for these ppl bc they went through hell to give us a better life! *BE HAPPY TO BE an AFRICAN AMERICAN*

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice. ~Carter Woodson, 1926

*Signed Sealed Delivered.... September's OWN*

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