Jefferson McClellan’s Courage Reminds Us What Black History Month Is Truly About.
(ThyBlackMan.com) When initiating “Negro History Week” in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose February for reasons of tradition and reform. It is commonly said that Woodson selected February to encompass the birthdays of two great Americans who played a prominent role in shaping Black history: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. After Lincoln’s assassination in 1856, the Black community celebrated the fallen President’s birthday. In addition, since the late 1890s, Black communities across the nation celebrated the birthday of Frederick Douglass. […]