1. February is
Black History Month

2. Black History Month began as Black History week in 1926.
Originally the second week of February was chosen as Black
History Week because the birthdays of Booker T. Washington,
Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass fell on that week.
In 1976 , the bicentennial, Black History Week
became Black History Month.

3. Carter Godwin Woodson is
heralded as the “Father of Black
History”
Woodson’s efforts have been
successful, both in building the
foundation for rethinking
American identify and in the
promotion of multiculturalism

4. Black History Month pays tribute to the
contributions of African Americans to the
nation's history and culture.
The Association for the
Study of African
American Life and
History selects a theme
for the annual
celebration, for which in
2013 is "At the
Crossroads of Freedom
and Equality: The
Emancipation
Proclamation and the
March on Washington."

5. The efforts of civil
rights activists
resulted in the
signing of landmark
anti-discrimination
legislation: the Civil
Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting
Rights Act of 1965.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

6. Browse our shelves or search our catalog to
see what you can learn…
Langston Maya
Hughes Angelou
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Alice Richard
Rosa
Walker Wright
Parks

7. You can also learn more about Black History Month,
African-Americans who have impacted history, and
African-American culture in our database The African
American Experience.
The African
American
Experience is a
digital resource to
full-text content
from more than 400
titles, 3,000 slave
narratives, over
2000 images, 5,000
primary sources,
and 250 vetted Web
sites.

8. All images and text obtained from
The African American Experience Database
through the Georgia Military College Library
homepage.