Carter G. Woodson was born in 1875. Convinced that the history of African-Americans was being ignored and misrepresented, Woodson took steps to put things right. In 1915 he founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The association was created to promote and preserve African-American history and culture. He founded the Journal of Negro History in 1916.
Originally named Negro History Week in 1926, the week chosen was celebrated the second week of February between the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, the week long celebration evolved into Black History Month in 1976.
"Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better..." Carter G. Woodson
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