carter g woodson, knowns as the "father of black history." pastor bill lee1:48-i guess it was critical for dr. woodson, as it's critical for me today, that people of color, esp. black people, tell their own story.dr. woodson began negro history week in the early 1900s in an effort to write the history of african american's into our nation's history books.a week that turned into what we now know as black history or african history books, in that time, you saw slaves, but you didn't see the contributions they made.pastor lee3:27-i don't think he ever intended for us to get stuck in a week or a month - he was trying to get something started. nats/carla 27:45-as i flip through here, you can see the different people, miss whitworth is here, roanoke tribuneit's a month that has sparked much needed conversations, and research, about the accomplishments of african americans in history.carla says 24:12-one of the students came to me and said, when i did my report, my teacher didn't know the person i did my report on. so it enlightened a teacher as well

carter g. woodson had birthdays in mind. abraham lincoln and frederick douglas. >> so, of course, i think it's interesting people don't know february used to be the celebration of american history, only month they set aside for american history before it was picked up as negro history week and black history month. >> mr. henderson, some history month, some blacks say black history month has become a lot like christmas. too commercialized. do you agree with that? parades, dr. king's dream speech, singing. >> i don't think that they are commercializing it, but i'd like to address the question that you asked before. is there resistance? absolutely. it's not by the school systems, but by individuals that are teaching the subject matter. i am a retired u.s. history teacher in fairfax county public schools, and i constantly ran up against resistance to teach ideas that were actually in the curriculum, but because of things like the pacing schedule and things like that, decision was made by the chair, the department chair or the pr

woodson g carter ... was born right here in virginia.***turn to one shot***born and raised in new canton, dr. woodson went onto become one of the first african americans to receive a doctorate from harvard.in an effort to include african american history into our nation's history books ... dr. woodson began "negro history week" in 1926.tonight, we take a look at how the black history month has, and continues to influence our communities. 1:21-1:28 2:06-2:28 nats/pastor preachingthe pastor of a local church ... nats/ singing at church dissolve into nats of carla reading poem 00nats/carla reading "37:49-i am the dark girl who crossed the red sea. of the free."a retired librarian who spent her career carrying on the legacy of education from generations past.carla lewis 17:56-virginia y lee came here in 1928 she would collect any african american books she could find, any kind of material she could findcarla lewis, now retired from roanoke's gainsboro library, and pastor bill lee at loudon avenue christian church, are no strangers to sharing

carter g woodson, knowns as the "father of black history." pastor bill lee1:48-i guess it was critical for dr. woodson, as it's critical for me today, that people of color, esp. black people, tell their own story.dr. woodson began negro history week in the early 1900s in an effort to write the history of african american's into our nation's history books.a week that turned into what we now know as black history or african american history month.carla lewis 19:55-when you looked at history books, in that time, you saw slaves, but you didn't see the contributions they made.pastor lee3:27-i don't think he ever intended for us to get stuck in a week or a month - he was trying to get something started. nats/carla 27:45-as i flip through here, you can see the different people, miss whitworth is here, roanoke tribuneit's a month that has sparked much needed conversations, and research, about the accomplishments of african americans in history.carla says 24:12-one of the students came to me and said, when i did my report, my teacher didn't know the pe

carter g woodson, knowns as the "father of black history." pastor bill lee1:48-i guess it was critical for dr. woodson, as it's critical for me today, that people of color, esp. black people, tell their own story.dr. woodson began negro history week in the early 1900s in an effort to write the history of african american's into our nation's history books.a week that turned into what we now know as black history or african american history month.carla lewis 19:55-when you looked at history books, in that time, you saw slaves, but you didn't see the contributions they think he ever intended for us to get stuck in a week or a month - he was trying to get something started. nats/carla 27:45-as i flip through here, you can see the different people, miss whitworth is here, roanoke tribuneit's a month that has sparked much needed conversations, and research, about the accomplishments of african americans in history.carla says 24:12-one of the students came to me and said, when i did my report, my teacher didn't know the person i did my report on. so

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carter g. woodson, known as the father of black history month, actually lobbied for black history to be taught in school all year round. >> and we only got a month. ha-ha. bet you happy with that, ain't you? >> no. why would i be happy with that? i think black history's fantastic. >> please. i'm sure you do. >> no. >> happy black history month, everyone. >> why did you ask me to do this honestly? just to belittle my contribution? happy black history month. >> welcome to my world. >> wow. ♪ here's something to shout from the mountaintop. cricket's plans start at $35 a month, after $5 auto pay credit. with more 4g lte coverage nationwide than t-mobile or sprint. cricket wireless. something to smile about. how do they make starburst taste so juicy? they use wicked small fighter jets to shoot the juiciness into every starburst. [ pilot ] it's about to get juicy. whoo! i feel so aliii... it takes guts. [ female announcer ] starburst. unexplainably juicy. we broabout this new car. to get your honest opinion

carter g. woodson, known as the father of black history month, actually lobbied for black history to be taught in school all year round. >> and we only got a month. ha-ha. bet you happy with that, ain't you? >> no. why would i be happy with that? i think black history's fantastic. >> please. i'm sure you do. >> no. >> happy black history month, everyone. >> why did you ask me to do this honestly? just to belittle my contribution? happy black history month. >> welcome to my world. >> wow. ♪tadaaa! chocolatey caramel. there's 22 flavors. why should you be pop-tart president? america needs my... ahh! [kuchunk!] fascinatin'. next? me! me! [kuchunk! kuchunk! kuchunk! kuchunk! kuchunk!] come to puppy. ♪tadaaa! crazy good! just take any empty seat that you see.olks sfx: (blows nose) ♪ ♪ sfx: (baby whines) ♪ out on the town or in for the night, at&t helps keep everyone connected. right now at at&t, buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. no matter how you hang out, share every minute of it. buy o

she says it was created in 1925 by carter g. woodsonhe father of black history. >> he picked february because it is the birth month of two of his heroes abraham lincoln and frederick douglas. >> was it always a month. >> turner says it started as negro history week but became black history month in 1976. >> 1976. >> any idea why it went from a week to month? >> no. i don't. >> it should be celebrated 365 really. >> there was a civil rights struggle and then black power. >> then as part of the united states bicentennial president gerald ford urged the country to honor the often neglected history of black americans. here in philadelphia plenty of african-americans did their part. bishop richard allen for example founded the first african methodist episcopal church in 1794. he was recently picture on stamp as part the black heritage series. >> nice. i feel like we're in history class. >> one of the most prolific african-american writers publish the philadelphia nedro a social study in 1899 the first schola scholarly study on race in an urb

she says it was created in 1925 by carter g. woodson father of black history. >> he picked february because it is the birth month of two of his heroes abraham lincoln and frederick douglas. >> was it always a month. >> turner says it started as negro history week but became black history month in 1976. >> 1976. >> any idea why it went from a week to month? >> no. i don't. >> it should be celebrated 365 really. >> there was a civil rights struggle and then black power. >> then as part of the united states bicentennial president gerald ford urged the country to honor the often neglected history of black americans. here in philadelphia plenty of african-americans did their part. bishop richard allen for example founded the first african methodist episcopal church in 1794. he was recently picture on stamp as part the black heritage series. >> nice. i feel like we're in history class. >> one of the most prolific african-american writers publish the philadelphia nedro a social study in 1899 the first schola scholarly study on race in an urban

carter g. woodson, known as the father of black history month, actually lobbied for black history to be taught in school all year round. >> and we only got a month. ha-ha. bet you happy with that, ain't you? >> no. why would i be happy with that? i think black history's fantastic. >> please. i'm sure you do. >> no. >> happy black history month, everyone. >> why did you ask me to do this honestly? just to belittle my contribution? happy black history month. >> welcome to my world. >> welcome to my world. >> wow. hey, searching for a great used yeah! you got it. just say show me millions of used cars for sale at the all new carfax.com. i don't want one that's had a big wreck just say, show me cars with no accidents reported pretty cool i like it that's the power of carfax® find the cars you want, avoid the ones you don't plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing start your used car search at carfax.com we broabout this new car. to get your honest opinion to keep things unbiased, we removed al

carter g. woodson but it was number 2, '76 president gerald ford expanded it to urge americans to celebrate it throughout the entire month. number 7, old west lawman bass reaves was born a slave but escaped into unsettled territory. he was later made a deputy u.s. marshal and was said to have in ired number one, the lone ranger. he was known as a fearless lawman apprehending 3,000 outlaws including his own son. question number 8, who inspired dr. martin luther king jr.'s nonviolent activism? he's known for his devotion, but which one shaped it, number 3. they flew to india for a pilgrimage in 1959. after that trip he wrote that began dpi was one of the a greatest men in history, number 9. who was the first african-american to win the nobel peace prize? it tooked decades. it was number 2. united nations diplomat, bunch was honored for negotiating an end to the arab/israeli conflict in the late 1940s and he was from kweps, by the way. number 10, former new york congresswoman shirley chisholm was the firs

. >> man behind the movement was carter g woodson, and the the association for the stud irv negro lifestory in 1926, he announced second week of the month would be negro history month as they called it then that week was chosen, because it coincided with the birthday of abraham lincoln who forever freed the slaves. >> so, as -- >> fredrick douglass also celebrated a birthday that week. so from the beginning the emphasis was placed on encouraging coordinated teaching of black history in schools. woodson believed it was essential to guarantee a intellectual survival of the race. within a broader society. the idea was luke warm acceptance in the beginning and then the idea came let's expand it to the full month. that was born in kent state university. >> that expansion was officially recognized in 1976, by the the u.s. government, president gerald ford encouraged to honor the the too often neglected accomplishments of black americans so here we are today, still celebrating, exactly 40 years later, the the official declaration here in the u.s. >> it is so cool. we did this last year. your

the man behind the movement was carter g woodson and the association for study of negro life and historyin 1926 the historian announced second week of the month would be negro history week. you are wondering why that week? that week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of abraham lincoln who freed slaves. the woodson believed it was essential to guarantee the fiscal, intellectual survival of the race, and the idea, received a luke warm acceptance at first, but the idea that extend the week to the full month, well that started at kent state university. >> the expansion was officially recognized not until 1976, by the u.s. government, so decades later. president gerald ford encouraged to honor too often neglect accomplishments of black americans. so here we are today and still celebrating. >>> here we are, even though there have been some questions of effectiveness of black history month. that is a discussion we will have later in the show after stacy dash made those comments a couple weeks ago. >> and then other sort of the backdrop to what is going on in hollywood where we h

man behind the movement was carter g woodson. at so, for negro life and history in 1926. historian announced the second week of the month would be negro history month that week was chosen, chris because it coincided with the birthday of abraham lincoln who forever freed the slaves. and fredrick douglass who became a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement. from the beginning the emphasis was placed on placing coordinated teaching of black history in schools back then. woodson thought it was essential to guarantee the physical and intellectual survival of that race within a broader society. the idea received luke warm acceptance in the beginning, and then, the idea to expand the week to a full month, was started at kent state university. >> right. >> and it was officially recognized in 1976, so it took decade, by the u.s. government to do this. president gerald ford encouraged to honor too of neglect accomplishments of black americans. here we are today, still celebrating. >> it is so cool to learn about so many different accomplishments and who was behind these move

the 90th of the annual celebration of black history -- began in 1926 under the leadership of carter g. woodson. origin story, to look at some of the early artifacts and books that arturo schomburg collected is a special occasion to really think about, "why do we still exist? why is cultural preservation so important?" >> well, honestly, i think that's a question that -- if you live in america that we're still -- we're still asking on a lot of levels. >> right. >> so, tell people why it is so important that -- that a -- at an institution like the schomburg exists when -- especially when we like to call ourselves this "post-racial society." >> well, i think we've moved past the mythos of being post-racial. you see, one of the things that history invites us to do is to see a reflection of ourselves. oftentimes -- and i think it's a human motivation -- we also are saturated with information, and we live in a kind of technocratic, innovative culture. we're always thinking about "what's the next best thing?" >> but we sacrifice our capacity to reflect deeply and also to see that a lot of the fundame

the man behind the movement was carter g woodson and the association for the the stud irv negro life and history. back in 1926, the the historian announced the second week of the month would be negro history month. >> and then that week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of abraham lincoln who freed slaves, a and was believing that it was essential to guarantee the physical, intelligence intellectual society in the the race. idea received luke warm acceptance in the beginning. >> that was in 1976 and gerald ford signed that and here we are all years years later, 40 years later officially celebrating. >> of course, recently stacy dash made comments questioning the importance of black history month. just a little bit we will bring in people to have a discussion about black mystery month. is it still needed. why is it still needed. the best way to deal witt. >> interesting discussion. >> it is. 7:14 is the time. >> registration starts for your chance to get in on one of the most popular events in the city, the broad street run. >> your chance. i'm not doing it. >> no, it