Imani Wilson, Artist and Curriculum Development Strategist In 1926, Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week in the second week of February. The historian’s goal was to further enshrine the Black communities’ ongoing observations of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12th) and Frederick Douglass (February 14th). By 1929, Woodson reported that the Departments of Education in states with significant ...
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