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Black History Month

the History of Black History Month

In February, 1926, Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week because both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were born during the second week of February. In 1976, the celebration was changed to Black History Month (from history.com). More >>

Barack Obama became the first black U.S. President in January, 2009. More >>
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Pioneers in Social Work | Read bios for some of the African American social work pioneers.

 

Margaret M. Washington (left) | Dean of women at Tuskegee Institute, founding member of National Association of Colored Women (NACW), later NACW president... More >>

Quiz | How well do know black history?

Africans in America | PBS presents America's journey through slavery.

Did you know? Famous Firsts:

  • The first locally elected black official was John Mercer Langston. In 1855, he became town clerk of Brownhelm Township, Ohio.
  • The first African American state-elected official was Alexander Lucius Twilight, who became a Vermont legislator in 1836.
  • The first African American mayor of a major city was Carl Stokes, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1967–1971.
  • The first African American woman to serve as a mayor of a major U.S. city was Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly, mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1991–1995.

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