Origins of Black History Month
Daryl Michael Scott
ASALH Former National President
COMPANY HISTORY
Sept. 9, 1915
Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in Chicago, Illinois, on September…
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1926
Woodson founded Negro History Week in 1926, designating its observance in February to honor the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and…
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1935
Leaders of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History gather at the 1935 Chicago Convention to commemorate…
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1940
Mary McLeod Bethune, then President of ASALH, is pictured with founder Dr. Carter G. Woodson and educator Lucy Harth Smith…
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