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Q: Who started the celebration of negro history week in 1926?
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What celebration started in 1926 grew into black history month?

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


Who Started Negro History Week?

Actually It was Carter G. Woodson who started Negro history week on February 7th, 1926.


When was the Negro league started?

1926


What year was black history month found?

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


What year was Negro History Week first celebrated?

The first year Negro History Week was first celebrated was in 1926.


When was the first negro history week?

Feb 1, 1926


Negro history week was celebrated for the first time in February?

1926


When did black history start?

this history started in 1926


Why was black history month started?

it was started by Carver G. Woodson in 1926 as negro history week on the second week of february to commemorate Lincoln's and Fredric Douglass' birthdays. it was also created to have black history merge into u.s. history and also show the accomplishments of the African-american.


How was black history month started?

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.


When was O Presidente Negro created?

O Presidente Negro was created in 1926.


Who was the person that started black history month?

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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