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The Music of Black Americans: A History (1997) Spencer, Jon Michael. Black hymnody: a hymnological history of the African-American church (1992) Wills, David W. and Richard Newman, eds. Black Apostles at Home and Abroad: Afro-Americans and the Christian Mission from the Revolution to Reconstruction (1982) Woodson, Carter G. (2009) [1928].
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]
An African-American teacher. African-American teachers educated African Americans and taught each other to read during slavery in the South. People who were enslaved ran small schools in secret, since teaching those enslaved to read was a crime (see Slave codes). Meanwhile, in the North, African Americans worked alongside Whites. Many ...
Studies consistently show the benefits of teacher-student race/ethnicity matching. Black men make up only 2% of the country's teaching force. Program addresses the urgent need for Black male teachers
This year's Black History Month has the theme "African Americans and Labor." The ASALH shares that this theme "focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds—free ...
February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons including Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois.These ...
Carter G. Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia, [7] on December 19, 1875, the son of former slaves Anne Eliza (Riddle) and James Henry Woodson. [8] Although his father was illiterate, Carter's mother, Anna, had been taught to read by her mistress.
According to Parry, "Negro History Week" began through the Association for the Study of African American History and Life, founded by scholar, teacher, and activist Carter G. Woodson in 1915.