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Bookmark or Share- Black History Month | Description, History, & Facts | BritannicaBlack History Month, monthlong commemoration of African American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It was begun in 1976 as an expansion of Negro History Week, which was itself begun in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson.
- African-American history - WikipediaAfrican-American history started with the arrival of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. Former Spanish slaves who had been freed by Francis Drake arrived aboard the Golden Hind at New Albion in California in 1579.
- How Negro History Week Became Black History Month and Why It Matters ...Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin? In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the...
- Black History: Facts, People & Month | HISTORYBlack history is the story of African Americans in the United States and elsewhere. Learn about Black History Month, Black leaders, the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and more.
- Black History Milestones: Timeline | HISTORYBlack history in the United States is a rich and varied chronicle of slavery and liberty, oppression and progress, segregation and achievement.
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