Title: Black History Is American History | HuffPost
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Black History Is American History
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Content: In 1926, America began to celebrate Negro History Week in the month of February as a way to commemorate the life and contributions of African Americans. The month of February was selected because it was the birth month of Fredrick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. These two legendary men played a crucial role in history with respect to their influence on Black life and culture. However, in the 1960s with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement coupled with the Black Power Movement and the unrelenting quest for civil rights, African Americans begin to expand Negro History Week into a month long celebration, and lobbied the powers- that-be in 1976 to expand Negro History Week into Black History Month. As a result of this push to inculcate Black history into the rubric of American history, most schools across the United States adopted African American history to be included in their school’s curriculum. Interestingly enough, in post racial America, there are still a number of institutions out there that unequivocally refuse to include Black History as a part of their curriculum. Download
The fact of the matter is — Black history is American history. The African American impact on history is far-reaching and is deeply etched in the social fabric of America. We cannot talk about American history without talking about African American history. These two stories are intrinsically intertwined.