Black History Month is an annual celebration of the achievements and contributions of African Americans and their role in U.S. history. It is observed during the month of February.
The first Black History Month was celebrated in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Woodson chose February because it is the birth month of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two important figures in the fight for racial equality.
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