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Black History Month (United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands) Breast Cancer Awareness Month (United States) Domestic Violence Awareness Month (United States) [44] Filipino American History Month (United States) Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month (United States) LGBT History Month (US and Canada) [45] National Arts & Humanities Month ...
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)'s has chosen a theme for Black History Month every year since 1928, per their official website. According to Parry, the ...
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970 ...
Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United Kingdom and Ireland June: African-American Music Appreciation Month: 1979: December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa: 1966
Black History Month began over 100 years ago with a weeklong celebration. It was called “Negro History Week” then, coined by the late Black historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson.
Chisholm made more history in 1972 by becoming the first African American woman of a major political party to run for the Democratic party's presidential nomination. Her campaign slogan: "Unbought ...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (as of 2021, officially changed from Asian American Pacific Islander Month) [1] was observed in the United States during the month of May, prior to the current federal administration's Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions dated January 20, 2025 and the subsequent mothballing of the White House Initiative ...
Black History Month's origins date back to 1915 when historian Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.