Black Month

                                BLACK MONTH

·DEFINITION:

-Black History Month, is the celebration of African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada In February and the United Kingdom in October.

-Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it marks the birthdays of two men who greatly influenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. However, February has much more than Douglass and Lincoln to show for its significance in black American history. For example:
1-.February 3, 1870: 
- The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.

2-. February 25, 1870:
-  The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels (1822-1901), took his oath of office.


3-. February 12, 1909: 

- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was 
founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City.

4-. February 21, 1965:
- Malcolm X, the militant leader who promoted Black Nationalism, was shot to death by three Black Muslims.

·One of the example that we have in present is :
-Barack Obama that Democrat from Chicago, becomes the first African-American president and the country's 44th president in 2009.



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