National African American History Year

The NAACP was established in 1909 in New York City by a gathering of bi-racial activists.

Black History Month is an accomplishment that we should be proud of in the Black community. Carter G. Woodson chose the month of February for some important reasons. For instance, Black History Month marks the birthdays of two men who influenced the black population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln according to Woodson. In addition, the Fifteenth Amendment was passed on February 3, 1870, which granted blacks the right to vote. There were a lot of significant reasons for allowing Black History Week to begin in February. However, I seriously doubt if Woodson would have accepted the extension of this week in the shortest month of the year. Woodson chose a week in February, because it had symbolic significance. Black History Week began in 1926. However, it is now 1999 and in seventy-three years Black Americans allowed our contributions to American society to be extended from Negro History Week to Black History

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People otherwise known as the NAACP was founded in 1909 by a group of multiracial civil rights campaigners. The primary reason for their upcoming was due to the riot race of 1908. The NAACP would only fight back in one way though and this was nonviolent resistance. Which meant that whatever way the people of the NAACP were treated they would not lay a finger on their enemy. The NAACP has had two primary court cases that put them on top this was Brown v. Board of Education and Morgan v. Virginia.

As you probably know it's Black history month, a month to celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans. In celebration of Black History Month, the contributions made by African American Inventors and their importance to American culture was researched. Do you use elevators? I am sure you do. Alexander Miles was born on May 18, 1838, in Duluth a city in Minnesota . Alexander parents are Mary Pope and Michael Andrea.

African-American history are those events that started with the first slave ships from Africa to the Caribbean Islands and carry through their journey as a people both individually and collectively to today's societies across the Americas.

Between 1860 and 1877, America was in the midst of the Civil War and reconstruction following the war. America had many good ideas; however, very few of their revolutionary ideas ever effectuated exactly as planned. During this time period, there were many good ideas that were applied to the constitution or were said to be good, however many of these ideas were never truly implemented. Critics could state that America had undergone a revolution, however there was not much truly revolutionary about these events. It was not just constitutional changes, there were also social changes that were supposed to take place, but inevitably failed to actually be executed into Americans lifestyle.

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Earl Lloyd was born in April 3,1928 and died February 26,2015.He grew up at Alexandria Virginia.He was American Professional Basketball player.He was raised by his father name Theodore Benjamin Lloyd and mother name Daisy Mitchell Lloyd in Alexandria .His father worked at a coal industry and his mother stayed home taking care of him.His parents teached him to be a good student and a good athlete at Lisle Crouch Elementary school and Parker Gray High school.Lewis Randolph,his coach enrolled him to West Virginia State University after his graduation.He played for the Yellow Jackets and led them to 2 CIAA Conference and a tournament championship.

In Life, you can inspire or be inspired. Whatever you dedicate yourself to and become successful in what that plan, it is important to represent yourself, leaving a legacy for others to follow in your footstep. Many people of different backgrounds, race, and cultures all have a story to tell, a story that will be told years from now and impact someone to do even greater things in their time. As black history month approaches, a time where we acknowledge those who had great accomplishments, and how they impacted others as well as their community. Many African-Americans in Florida’s history, are not recognized as often as they should. One person, in particular, would be Joseph W. Hatchett.

Black History Month or African American History Month is celebrated every year to recognize the vital role of African American in the United States History. Black History Month has been honor in February. The main reasons to mark February as a History Month was because the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln who abolished slavery is in February. Also, the birthday of Frederick Douglass, who was a social reformer and abolitionist, is on the week of February. The other reason is an African American gain the right to vote in February. Those ideas make February commemorate African American and American History Month. There are several reasons for the celebration of African American History Month.

Running Head: The Rise of African- Americans From 1865 To 2012, Their Struggles To Become Free Americans

After attending several events such as Founders Convocation and hearing Helen Smith Price, Jacque Reid, and Krystal Underwood speak, I was embraced by the presence of the knowledge of three powerful African American females and graduates from Clark Atlanta University. The legacy of “ Find a way or Make one” at Clark Atlanta University continues after leaving CAU and will go with you for the rest of your life, as shown by listening to the guest speakers talk about their accomplishments in life and how that were able to get to where they are today. Helen Smith Price, Jacque Reid, and Krystal Underwood have made me appreciate more of who I am as a person, my culture and the wonderful institution that I attend. The guest speakers for Founders

The African American civil rights movement was a long journey for African American nationwide. The success involved many people, hardships and time in order to advance the African American community in America. The purpose of the movement was to achieve their rights, cease discrimination, and racial segregation.

Change and continuity. To become different and to keep being the same. Contradictory terms that all in all describe the bulk of chapter four. If you were to read the first four paragraphs that make up the introduction, you would get the basis of this chapter. Change was happening, mass production and distribution were taking the world by storm. (Pg. 181) But even with all that change, continuity was still afoot: work conditions were still prevalently horrid, mass production may have made its’ market wider, but not enough so as to include rural African Americans, and women continued to do mainly domestic work. (Pg. 182)

Lincoln’s birthday on the 12th and Douglass on the 14th. Woodson built Negro History Week around traditional days of commemorating the black past. Even after the death of woodson in 1950, the association continued to celebrate Negro History week. By this time the, the nation and many other countries had recognized the importance of negro history week. In an effort to have more time devote to Black History,in 1975, President Ford issued a Message on the Observance of Black History Week urging all Americans to "recognize the important contribution made to our nation's life and culture by black citizens."In 1976, ASALH extended Negro history from a week to the month of February, fifty years after the first celebration. In 1986 Congress passed Public Law 99-244 , which designated February 1986 as "National Black (Afro-American) History Month.” This law noted that February 1, 1986 would “mark the beginning of the sixtieth annual public and private salute to Black History.” Black history Month is Carter’s greatest accomplishment, it is celebrated world wide. Because of Woodson, African American have been truthfully recognized and appreciated for their contributions in american