What is black history month
What is black history month?
Every February, people of African descent celebrate Black History Month. We need to remember important figures and events in the history of the African people in the United States.
It is also called the month
of African American history from which the month of black history began.
Don't celebrate Black History Month even though the event is officially recognized by the
governments of the United States and Canada. Where it is
celebrated every February and in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United
Kingdom it is celebrated every October.
So why don't Africans
celebrate Black? The month of history How did the month of black history come
about? And why February is chosen is because it means a month of a dark
history for Africans and Africans at home and abroad.
Become one of the most
famous cultural heritage months of the year. Schools and businesses offer a
dark history. Please do news lectures and quizzes while big brands offer
television specials and content for consumers.
It all started in 1915 when Gordon Woodson of Qatar is
now known as the father of black history. And JC Edward Moreland founded
the Association for the Study of Negro Life.
And history is now
known as the Association for the Study of the Life and History of African
Americans. The group focused on researching the evolution of people of African
descent and sponsored the first Negro History Week in 1926, now called
Hudson's Dark History Month.
Parents were enslaved, one author was a historian and the
other was an African American. He received his Ph.D. from the University of
Advertising in 1912 after Webb du Bois. It is important to note that Negro
History Week was not conceived in such a place. When the 1920s saw an increase
in interest.
In African-American culture was represented by Alan Renaissance.
An intellectual and cultural revival of the African-American musical dance arts
fashion is the center of theater and politics in Manhattan, New York City, and Ireland. Which spanned the 1930s and was also known as the Negro Movement
through Negro History Week.
Woodson hoped he would
catch his imagination. And there are two purposes to using even more
interesting history. Remind white Americans that black people played a key role
in shaping the nation. And as a result, they had to be treated as citizens.
Its second purpose was
to raise awareness about the life and history of blacks. . At a time
when some university newspapers or books focused on the black class. But Woods
wanted to explain the value of African Americans in respecting the brave black
people and focusing on the negative. With the exception of that Negro.
History Week in February 1969 will serve as a vehicle for
racial change. Black History Month was first proposed by black teachers
at Kent State University and a student at Black United. The first celebration
of Black History Month was from January 2 to February 28 next year.
1970. Until 1976, the
event was held in educational institutions and community centers of black
culture throughout the United States. That same year, President Gerard Ford
recognized February as the month of black history in the United States
and formally named it during the country's 200th-anniversary celebrations.
Since then, every
American president has recognized the month of black history and its
mission. But it wasn't until 1986 when Congress turned National Dark
History Month into law that many citizens in the United States began to
officially recognize it.
The purpose of the law
was to sponsor the decision of all Americans fighting for freedom and equality
through a community with a charming R. black, which led to the formation of
black district clubs and increased interest among teachers.
But why did Black
Stream's ancestors choose February for Negro History Week as it should? Both
were filmed with the best dates of President Abraham Lincoln who was
born on February 12 and Frederick Douglas who was born on February 14.
Both men played a key role in their pencil and slavery, and February 1 is
celebrated in the United States as National Day. Independence Day.
Approval of the Titans
Amendment, which abolished slavery in 1865. President Abram Lincoln
signed the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution on February 1,
1865. Fern Horse lives in the United States, although it will take time for
states to ratify it.
Robert Wright. Senior who became a slave and
became a civil rights activist. And it felt terrible that all Americans should
remember one day. Hair Freedom Wright invites national and local leaders to
meet in Philadelphia.
Thus, after Wright's death in 1947, the United States
Congress passed a bill on February 1 to make secession arrangements to
celebrate the signing of the Titans' amendments to the United States
Constitution on February 1 each year.
On National Independence Day, the Presidential Recruitment
re-signed the Declaration of Holiday in Canada on June 30, 1948. The month of
dark history is not always celebrated or highlighted. It is noteworthy that
some of the loyalists who came to Canada after the American Revolution and
those who wore suits in the Maritime Times were of African descent.
Many of the sacrifices
made by African-American soldiers during the war were officially recognized in
February 1995 by John Augustine, a politician in the Canadian House of Commons
in December 1995.
Black History Month,
and in February 2008, a black Canadian was honored. Senator Donald Oliver, the
first black man to address the Senate, moved the motion.
In recognition of the support of black Canadians, it was
recognized as Animal History Month in February and adopted on March 4, 2008.
The move completes Canada's parliamentary position on Black History Month.
When the month of black history first began in Britain, black
American history was given more attention over time. More attention was paid to
black British history. And there is a wide range of prominent black figures in
Britain. It covers everything from the British colonial past to the migration.
And for the first time in Britain, Black Month was celebrated.
As part of the African
Jubilee Year in London in October 1987, the event marks the co-operation of
black people throughout history and the co-operation of African Asians and
Caribbeans in economic, cultural, and political life in the UK.
The English curriculum will introduce black history
campaigners. And not just in October. African-American History Month is an
annual celebration of the exploits of black Americans and African Americans in
the Central Areas, which is safe to say in our history that many Africans do
not find themselves celebrating.
Indeed, the
indifference of African immigrants to the month of Black History has to do with
the fact that they ignore African history in favor of emphasizing
African-American history, especially in recent years. What
With the exception of
South Africa, which until 1969 faced white supremacy and domination, and the
colonial oppression of South Africa's history, African countries do not really
want to celebrate.
However, the relevance
of the dark history of 1870 cannot be underestimated. The population of blacks
in the United States was 4.8 million in 2018, reaching 43.8 million African
Americans.
Finally, the month of
dark history will give people around the world the opportunity to learn and
celebrate African cooperation. And will encourage it, these events will also
provide entertainment. And to make people aware of black History
so that Negro History Week, which began 95 years ago, is now a global annual
event that is important for young African Americans to understand and be proud
of their heritage of being black.
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