Dates
When is the first day of Black History Month?
February, 1st
What african american star basketball athlete is shown in the beginning of the video?
Lebron James.
Black History Month was created to recognize the achievements and contributions of this group, often left out of textbooks.
African Americans
Before creating Negro History Week in 1926, Carter G. Woodson earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in this year.
1912
What did President Gerald Ford do?
Declared the observance of Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson believed that including Black history in education would help correct this major issue in American schools.
The exclusion or neglect of Black history
What year did Martin Luther King Jr. birthday become an federal holiday?
1986
Initiated Black History week that turned into a Month.
Woodson believed that understanding Black history would help African Americans gain this important quality needed for progress and equality.
Pride (or self-determination/self-respect)
What year did Black History week expand to a month?
1976
What did President Lincoln issue?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Expanding Negro History Week into Black History Month helped bring national attention to this broader goal.
Recognizing the full role of Black Americans in U.S. history.
What year was the Black History week established?
1926
Who was Frederick Douglass?
A public intellectual
The video explains that Black History Month is not meant to separate history, but to do this to American history as a whole.
To integrate it (or make it more complete and accurate)