What is Black History month?

Question

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Answer 1

It's also racist. Why isn't there a White History month, Yellow History month, Red History month, etc...

Answer 2

Black History month is a month that celebrates all the great and inspirational African Americans out there. It is a time to appreciate all the hard work and suffering they went through just to achieve their freedom. I don't mind that we have one...I just think that it is not fair that others get the attention that they want.

Answer 3

WOW! uh the guy who wrote the first answer really knows what hes talking about. Its just a month celebrating the history of black people.

Answer 4

February is Black History Month. It is to honor all of accomplished African Americans.

Answer 5

Black History Month was established in 1976 by The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.[1] The month-long celebration was an expansion of ***** History Week, which was established in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, director of what was then known as the Association for the Study of ***** Life and History. Woodson selected the week in February that embraced the birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. This contradicts a common misconception about black history month; the celebration was not intentionally limited to the shortest month of the year. The celebration may have had its origins in the separate efforts of Mary Church Terrell and the African American collegiate fraternity Omega Phi Psi. The former had begun the practice of honoring Frederick Douglass on February 14, the date he used to mark his birth. The Omegas established a "***** Achievement Week" in 1924. Woodson was friends with Mary Church Terrell and worked with her and the National Council of Colored Women to preserve Douglass' home and personal papers. Woodson was also a member of Omega Psi Phi. While Terrell's celebration of Douglass was a local event and the Omega Achievement Week was part of their community outreach, Woodson broadened the scope of the celebration in three significant ways. First, he conceived of the event as a national celebration, sending out a circular to groups across the United States. Secondly, he sought to appeal to both whites and blacks and to improve race relations. For this reason, he chose President Lincoln's birthday as well as Douglass'. Finally, Woodson viewed ***** History Week as an extension of ASNLH's effort to demonstrate to the world that Africans and peoples of African descent had contributed to the advance of history. Each year, ASNLH would select a national theme and provide scholarly and popular materials to focus the nation's "study" of ***** history. As such, ***** History Week was conceived as a means of undermining the foundation of the idea of black inferiority through popular information grounded in scholarship. The theme, chosen by the founders of Black History Month, for 2007 is "From Slavery to Freedom, Africans in the Americas."

The ***** History Week Movement took hold immediately. At first it was celebrated almost exclusively by African Americans, taking place outside of the view of the wider society. Increasingly, however, mayors and governors, especially in the North, began endorsing ***** History Week and promoting interracial harmony. By the time of Woodson's death in 1950, ***** History Week had become a well-established cultural institution. Indeed, it was so established that Woodson had begun to criticize groups for shallow and often inaccurate presentations that did not advance the public's knowledge of ***** life and history.

Answer 6

Im surprise u dont know black history month, well..in febuary they celerbrate all the good things that black people have done

Answer 7

black history month is.....feburary..maybe. it celebrates famous black people and their heritage. you should actually like research your own paper!