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Black History Year is celebrated annually in the United States in the month of February. Black History Year originated when "Negro History Week", a 2nd week within February. This celebration of melanise history within United states of america was began by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who wanted to bring national attention to the large contribution of African-Americans to the history of their country, in 1926. Woodson chose February when blacken history year because it was a birthdays of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Langston Hughes. History books experienced barely began covering blacken history once a tradition of Black History Year was began. At that point, virtually all representation of blacks around history books was sole inside information to the moo social position it held. Several nigrify radical/nationalist groups, e.g a Nation of Islam, have criticized Black History Year. In the United Kingdom, Black History year is celebrated in the month of October.[http://www.black-history-month.co.uk/home.html]
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Women's History Month at Suite101.com Devoted to Women's History Month, site includes some good links, some good articles of varying relevancy to Women's History Month, as well as links that are personal pages. March is Women's History Month The Girl Scounts of America present unsung heroes, e.g., women who helped win wars, women who helped with the right to vote, women in the arts, sports, sciences; suggested activities for girls to celebrate Women's History Month. Why Women's History Month? A look into why we should designate another month to celebrate the history of another minority group; from Suite 101.com's web site about Women's History Month. Women's History Month and Beyond Articles, polls, interviews, activities in honor of Women's History Month; from FamilyEducation.com. Women's History Month Canadian celebration of Women's History Month (October)with links to publications about the status of Canadian women. Women's History by and for Kids Articles, links, discussions, to help celebrate Women's History Month; from Suite101.com. Women's History Month Links Glendale Community College in Glendale, California, created this page in 1996-1997. Includes sites for "Herstory", women in science, women in art, women in business, athletic women, global women, women and language, women and writing, and "Guerrillas, Goddesses and Others". Infoplease.com and Women's History Month Infoplease.com celebrates Women's History Month with special features, quizzes, biographies, and timelines. Women of the Century Just in time for Women's History Month. Meet over 50 phenomenal women who changed the course of history during the twentieth century. Annie's "Women's History Month" Page Quotes about women, many links to such sites as women authors, Christian women, women in the Bible, biographies, educational links, Victorian women links, international women of history. |
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