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2007-02-19 04:16:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I don't know, but I think that people need to forget about the color of someones skin... I believe that Black History month is a fuel for racism... and as a caucasian... I feel this racism daily... racism is not just white to black... it is the opposite also...
2007-02-19 04:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by iheartbassets3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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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2007-02-19 15:28:50 · answer #2 · answered by Mary R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that when the blacks were brought over from Africa, stolen from their homes, they started here on a level way below where the white people were, so I feel we owe it to them to give them special recognition to help them have faster access to equal treatment and to bring about an awareness that they have great talents and abilities, just like all humans.
2007-02-19 04:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To prevent Americans from remembering that they are American, no matter what their skin color. That's my bile.
But on the positive side to show the achievements of black people in the U.S. Frankly I think it should all be taught together in the textbooks.
Oh, for a colorblind world.
2007-02-19 04:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋