What is the Meaning of Black History Month?

                                                                           

The 1920’s and 1930’s was a time when the Harlem Renaissance helped to foster a new black

cultural identity.  In 1926, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, a black historian from Kentucky who

earned a Ph.D from Harvard, established what is now annually celebrated as Black History 

Month.  Black history month was created by Dr. Woodson after he noticed the lack of attention

paid to Black Americans in the history books.  The month of February was chosen because

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln had birthdays in that month.