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Welcome to our second celebration of black history month! It's time to have fun.
As a contemporary family, we are here to celebrate every author that identifies with the black community.
But why is February designated as the month to commemorate African American history?
According to Britannica, the answer lies with eminent American historian Carter G. Woodson, who pioneered the field of African American studies in the early 20th century. After attending a three-week national celebration of the 50th anniversary of emancipation in 1915, Woodson was inspired to join four others in founding the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) to encourage scholars to engage in the intensive study of the Black past, a subject that had long been sorely neglected by academia and in U.S. schools. In 1916 Woodson began editing the association's principal scholarly publication, The Journal of Negro History. In 1924, spurred on by Woodson, his college fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, introduced Negro History and Literature Week. Two years later, determined to bring greater attention to African American history, Woodson and the ASNLH launched Negro History Week in February 1926. Which is now Black History Month.
So what are we doing?
We are bringing greater attention to black authors and their works.
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