Short Summary: The Origin Of Black History Month
The Origin of Black History Month begins in 1915, slavery was in the United States for half the century. Until September 1915 when historian Carter G. Woodson and the minister Jesse
E. Moorland discovered the Association for the Study of Negro Life. The Association for the
Study of Negro Life helps and promote achievements earned by African Americans. For having the achievements the group sponsored a national Negro week in 1926. The second week, people celebrated the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Over the years followed, mayors of cities began declaring that every year we should have
Negro History Week. By the late 1960s Negro History Week evolved into Black History Month.
President Gerald R. Ford made Black History Month
E. Moorland discovered the Association for the Study of Negro Life. The Association for the
Study of Negro Life helps and promote achievements earned by African Americans. For having the achievements the group sponsored a national Negro week in 1926. The second week, people celebrated the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Over the years followed, mayors of cities began declaring that every year we should have
Negro History Week. By the late 1960s Negro History Week evolved into Black History Month.
President Gerald R. Ford made Black History Month