Black History Month Started
Initially called Black History Week in the year 1926 the celebrations were extended for the entire month of February from 1976 onwards. The story of Black History Month begins in 1915 half a century after the Thirteenth. How Black Lives Matter Is Changing Black History Month Time Woodson traveled from Washington DC. Black history month started . While originally celebrated the second week of February in. Carter Godwin Woodson is the founder of Black History Month. Woodson traveled from Washington DC. It was organised by community activist and London council worker Akyaaba Addai Sebo after a colleague told him that her son had asked her Mum why cant I be white Addai Sebo was sad to learn of the young boys lack of self-esteem and his low sense of identity. To participate in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the state of Illinois. Woodson along with the prominent minister Jesse E. CNN February marks Black History Month a