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Surfing the Net with Kids, Black History Month

By Barbara Feldman

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  February 10, 2012

In 1915, historian Carter G. Woodson proposed a “Negro History Week’’ to honor the history and contributions of African-Americans. Nine years later, his dream became reality. Woodson chose the second week of February to pay tribute to the birthdays of two Americans that dramatically affected the lives of Blacks: Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and Frederick Douglass (February 14). The week-long observance officially became Black History Month in 1976.

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