February is Black History Month

Black History Month began as "Negro History Week," which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

Help us celebrate Black History during the month of February.
Black History Month Information

The History of Martin Luther King Day   
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

African-American Firsts   
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Important Supreme Court decisions in Black History   
Monday, January 26, 2009

Black History Month   
Monday, January 26, 2009

 
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Medgar Evers: A Leader in Black History
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Langston Hughes: A leader in Black History
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Phillis Wheatley: A Leader in Black History
Monday, February 23, 2009
Considered the first important black writer of our time, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American to have a book of poetry published in 1773.
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Thurgood Marshall
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education.
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A Leader in Black History: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
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Friday, February 20, 2009
W.E.B. Du Bois was a noted scholar, editor, and African American activist.
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Dr. Charles Drew
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Charles Richard Drew (3 June 1904 - 1 April 1950) was an American physician and medical researcher.
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Leader in Black History: Malcolm X
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Born in Omaha, Nebraska as Malcolm Little, Malcolm X was a militant black leader during the civil rights movement.
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A leader in Black History: George Washington Carver
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
George Washington Carver was a agricultural chemist known for making many key discoveries.
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A leader in Black History: Marian Anderson
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Monday, February 16, 2009
A talented singer who started out singing in Philadelphia church choirs, some of Marian Anderson's later performances would go down in history.
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A leader in Black History: Tom Bradley
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Monday, February 16, 2009
The son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, Tom Bradley rose through the political rank in Los Angles.
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