On February 1, 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson launched the first Negro History Week, aimed at highlighting the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history. Celebrated during the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the observance laid the foundation for what would become Black History Month in 1976.
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