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Carter G. Woodsen founded Black History Month. He first thought it should be January because it was the first month. But that was denied and he chose February because that month Abraham Lincoln was born, and he helped prevent slavery. So, he chose February not cause it was the Shortest month. But also Carter G. Woodsen was also known as the "Father Of Black History"

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Dr. Carter G. Woodson started it in 1926 as Negro History Week, choosing the second week of February because it marks the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two men who greatly influenced black Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month.

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DR.CARTER G. WOODSOn created black history month

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The answer to that is Negro History Week was started in 1926

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My Africana professor says that it was Carter G. Woodson who came up with the concept

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Dr. Carter G. Woodson

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Who was the first US president to recognize black history month?

Gerald Ford was president in 1976 when Black History Month was declared. The original idea was Black History Week, created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson.


Why and when was black history month established?

1976, though it grew from Negro History Week which was started in 1926. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_history_month


Why was black history month introduced?

Black History month was introduced by Carter Woodson, it was at the time referred to as Negro History Week 1926. It later became Black history month after Woodson's death. Anyway Negro history Weed was introduced because Carter Woodson saw that African-American history was missing from the textbooks, it was being forgotten. Woodson didn't want African-American history to be completely forgotten, so he introduced Negro history Week so that it can be remembered for it special achievements.


When did black history month begin?

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.


In th US what month of the year is black history month?

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.