>>> and finally tonight, the history behind black history month, here's my "nightline" coanchor byron pittsary is officially black history month, a federally recognizes celebration that gives every american a chance to reflect how african-american achievements have impacted the u.s. history and impacted the world. what's the history of black history month. it all started with dr. carter g. woodson known as father of black history. while earning master in university of chicago and d from harvard he grew frustrated with race and representation and exclusion of african-american in books and conversation that's shaped history. in 1915 he joined forces to establish association for negro of life and history which is known as association for study of african-american life and history, led by woodson in 1916, the organization launched the journal of negro history which honored the achievements of people with african dissent. february 26th woodford reser reserve -- they launched black history week for the black community. why february? the group chose the second week of february to include the birth

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here my "nightline" coanchor byron pitts who's been following this story since before the pandemic andnear the shore of ghana. this castle hosts a history that belies its beauty. >> even though you may not know the village you come from, the family you come from, this is one of the last places our ancestors touched before leaving these shores. >> reporter: the door of no return, where millions of africans were forced into slave ships bounce fs bound for the u states. >> it brought me to tears. you can literally feel yourselves standing on the backs of your ancestors. "standing on the back of the people who came before you." that's literally now. >> i want to know the people in the culture, i want to know what culture was taken from me. >> reporter: descendents of slaves come here to reconnect with their ancestors, a full-circle moment centuries in the making. rabbi cohain moved to ghana from new york and now gives doors. >> that's why they say it's the door of no return. they believed at that time if they erased all those things from us, we'd never find our way back home. but look at t