The Origins of Black History Month

By Webmin on February 1, 2008 10:25 AM 3 Comments

In 1926, Negro History Week was established to honor the accomplishments of African Americans. Carter G. Woodson, a black historian known as the Father of Black History, as well as others proposed the observance. During the 1970s, the observance became known as Black History Week.

In 1976, Black History Month was established. Black History Month is observed each year in February. It coincides with the birthdays of the great black leader Frederick Douglass (February 14) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12).

The celebration is sponsored by the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in Washington, DC, which Woodson founded in 1915.

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jahmar rose

There are still many more rivers to cross.

portmore

One big problem with Black history month is that white ppl control most of the history being fed to us. Out history did not begin 500 years ago with the Atlantic slave trade. We need to be learning about the Empires our ancestors built in Egypt, Nubia, Songhai, Ethiopia,Timbuktu, Central Africa. Our children need to see the statues of Black warriors in from the Olmec empire which were made thousands of years before Columbus and his band of thieves got lost in the Atlantic. Our ancestors were lavishing in wealth, knowledge and power thousands of years before Europeans knew how to write before they came out of their caveman dwelling. When we understand certain facts like these, we can begin to rid ourselves of the slave mentality. I have seen Shottas, Thirdworld Cop, Rudebwoy, Dancehall Queen, Smile Orange but when are we going to pool together some money to make a movie about the Maroon Revolt which forced the British army to sign a cease fire agreement? When are we going to create and epic film about the glory of the Haitian revolution, where the enslaved Blacks kicked the life out of the French military. We are so caught up in Religions thats not our own, praying to a Jesus with blue eyes, never asking the question Why couldn't they find Jesus in Egypt when he was hidden among his Black cousins? We need to read read read and not read the racist Eurocentric history they feed us in school. 500years at the bottom of the Barrel, we can not keep on dwelling here. Especially now that we have Satanic fagots ruling the earth, now more than ever is the time for the most Spiritual ppl on earth, Black ppl; to throw away the veils of Christianity and reclaim their true religions.

Wade Cameron

We are a people of great vision and contribution in a world that doesn't pay us any attention. People of color are great and make great contributions in the world that rejects them. But people of color realize that you are great and no one can take away your vision and pride. Lets continue to strive for excellence and unite together so we can shake up with the world.