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'''Black History Month''' is a Black [[nationalist]] movement in the [[United States]] that teaches Black [[nationalism]]. It has been recognized annually the [[United States Congress]] since.  First as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month."  The history of black history had barely begun to be studied, or even documented, when the movement began. Although blacks have been in America at least as far back as colonial times, it was not until the 20th century that they gained even a modest presence in the history books.

'''Black History Month''' is a Black [[nationalist]] movement in the [[United States]] that teaches Black [[nationalism]]. It has been recognized annually the [[United States Congress]] since.  First as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month."  The history of black history had barely begun to be studied, or even documented, when the movement began. Although blacks have been in America at least as far back as colonial times, it was not until the 20th century that they gained even a modest presence in the history books.

[[Carter G. Woodson]] is credited with establishing Black History Month. In 1926, he began promoting ''Negro History Week'' during the second week of February to celebrate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two American leaders who had great impact on the history of Black Americans.  Later, in the early 1960s it became Black History Month.  He was dismayed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population, and when blacks were mentioned, it was generally in a way that reflected the inferior social position they were assigned at the time, and not very accurate in its depiction of some of the Black luminaries in science and the arts.<ref>http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/index.html

[[Carter G. Woodson]] is credited with establishing Black History Month. In 1926, he began promoting ''Negro History Week'' during the second week of February to celebrate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two American leaders who had great impact on the history of Black Americans.  Later, in the early 1960s it became Black History Month.  He was dismayed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population, and when blacks were mentioned, it was generally in a way that reflected the inferior social position they were assigned at the time, and not very accurate in its depiction of some of the Black luminaries in science and the arts.<ref>http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/index.html

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*February 1, 1960:  In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmintro1.html</ref>

*February 1, 1960:  In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmintro1.html</ref>

== See also ==

==See also==

[[Category:Civil Rights]]

[[Category:Civil Rights]]

[[Category:Black History]]

[[Category:Black History]]