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Black History from Pittsburgh
EVERY WEEK we will honor and represent our African American heroes. TO VIEW BLACK HISTORY ARCHIVES CLICK HERE
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We
know that it is very important for the world to know about our heritage.
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The
Month of February 2007: IN BLACK
HISTORY
Woodson selected the week in February that embraced the birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The celebration may have had its origins in the separate efforts of Mary Church Terrell and the African American collegiate fraternity Omega Phi Psi. The former had begun the practice of honoring Frederick Douglass on February 14th, the date he used to mark his birth. The Omegas established a "Negro Achievement Week" in 1924. TO READ MORE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH CLICK HERE REST IN PEACE: (R.I.P.)
Andrea Lee Oliver Woodson aka "Andy" aka "Mother" Lucy Curry , Dot Talley, Vera Downing,
Bertrand "Goocher" Frye, Irma Woodson, Copyright 2006 Brotha Ash Productions. All Rights Reserved |
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Black
History Month was established in 1976 by the Association for the
Study of Afro-American Life and History.
The month-long celebration was an expansion of Negro History Week,
which was established in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, director
of what was then known the Association for the Study of Negro
Life and History. 
