Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remember important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February.
The expansion of Black History Week to Black History Month was first proposed by the leaders of the Black United Students at Kent State University in February 1969. The first celebration of the Black History Month was in Kent State one year later, in February 1970.
Negro History Week:The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States. The historian Carter G.Woodson announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week". This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and on Frederick Douglass on February 14. It was created mainly on the need to encourage the teaching of the American Black History coordinated in the public schools of the nation.
