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| Woodson explored schools and organizations to participate in a special program to encourage the study of African-American history, which began in February 1926 with Negro History Week. | |
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| I wish i could join in that period of time. | |
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| The program was later expanded and renamed Black History Month. Woodson had chosen February to honor the birth months of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln. | |
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| Oh that's why we celebrate Black History Month and I know why Woodson chose February too. | |
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| Woodson died on April 3, 1950. If you want more information just go to www.biography.com | |
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