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National Black History Month

National Black History Month
National Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is observed each year in February to commemorate the many impacts Black Americans have had on the arts, music, cultural movements and more in the United States.  This celebration includes the diverse influences and lived experiences of Blacks of African, Caribbean and Latin American descent. 
 
In 1915, Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History,” founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. 60 years later, in 1986, the US Congress passed legislation designating February as “National Black (Afro-American) History Month." February was designated Black History Month due to the birthdays of two key figures in Black American history, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. It is also important to note that February 1st is National Freedom Day: a celebration of the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States.
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