Why is it that Black history month is the shortest month of the year???

Answer 1

Why is this in the vegetarian section?

Answer 2

Because it is in February and that just happens to be the shortest month. I think you may have meant "why is Black history month observed in the shortest month of the year?" I don't know why. I would instead ask why there isn't a Native American history month, an Anglo-Saxon history month, a Chinese history month or a month dedicated to observing the difficulties and contributions of any other group.

Answer 3

We owe the celebration of Black History Month to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Born to parents who were former slaves, he worked in the Kentucky coal mines as a child and enrolled in high school at age twenty. He graduated in two years and later went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. As a student, he was disturbed to find that history books largely ignored the black American population. If blacks were mentioned at all, it was generally in ways that reflected the inferior social position they were assigned at the time.

Woodson decided to take on the challenge of writing black Americans into the nation's history. He established the 'Association for the Study of ***** Life and History' in 1915; later re-named to the 'Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History' (ASALH) . In 1916, he founded the widely respected 'Journal of ***** History'. In 1926, he launched ***** History Week to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history.

Woodson chose the second week of February for ***** History Week because it corresponded to the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two men who greatly impacted the American black population. In 1976, the Association succeeded in expanding the observance, which then became Black History Month.

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Answer 4

I don't know. They just put it in February and I guess by coincidence February is the shortest month of the year. =[

Answer 5

this is in the rong seckshun, but the reason febuary is black historie month is because abe lincon and fredrick dugglass was born in february.

there is no conspeeracy to it. it is that simpule.

Answer 6

because they were forced out of their original healthy mostly vegetarian african diet to the fatty fried meat diet white people forced them to have during slavery. (i want to combine this sections topic plus this unrelated topic)

Answer 7

not a lot of history?

Answer 8

maybe so that white people wouldn't complain... but obviously they still do

Answer 9

ALL THE OTHER MONTHS WERE TAKEN