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What is now known as Black History Month started out as Black History Week, and was created thanks to Carter G. Woodson.Woodson founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and ...
How did Black History Month begin? In 1925, historian Carter G. Woodson and the organization he founded in 1915, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced Negro History Week.
According to the Smithsonian Institution, the 2024 Black History Month theme is "African Americans and the Arts," and in Oklahoma, art exhibitions, films, dance performances and other events abound.
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. [6]
The first commemorative month was the US Black History Month, which first was commemorated at Kent State University from January 2 to February 28, 1970, [2] and recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. [3] The observance had begun at a smaller scale in 1926 as "Negro History Week".
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The 2024 Black History Month theme is “African Americans and the Arts.” The Triangle has long been a home of numerous key Black and African American contributors to the visual arts, music ...
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