1926 ~ Carter G. "MisEducation of the Negro" Woodson, the Father of Black History, initiates "Negro History Week". I remember Mr. Calvin McNeil so well. He was a 5th grade teacher committed to teaching Black History to mostly uninterested students in a mostly White school district. Not sure I appreciated him or his efforts then but I am certainly thankful now... Special thanks to all of the Mr. McNeil's out there who teach so much more than history. They teach pride and self respect... Thank You Mr. McNeil!!!
1976 ~ Negro History Week became "Black History Month" . Of course I say, Celebrate Black History EACH and EVERYday!!!
1960 ~ Four Black college students from HBCU, North Carolina A&T stage 1st of many historic & highly effective sit-ins at Woolworth's segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Much thanks for their audacity!!!
1902 ~ Langston "Harlem Renaissance" Hughes, poet, playwright and author, was born
1978 ~ Harriet "Underground Railroad" Tubman was 1st Black woman to be honored on US postage stamp. Ida B. Wells was similarly honored in 1990.
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