Re: [LM_NET] GEN: why is black history celebrated in February

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG>]

Here's a brief history:

http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmintro1.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/

~Shonda

Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX

"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible and suddenly you are doing 
the impossible."
 ~St. Francis of Assisi
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>>> joseph collins <joseph_collins@BELLSOUTH.NET> 02/01/06 6:57 PM >>>
Hello all,
A colleague at my school was wondering why we celebrate black history 
month in February when MLK day is in January?  Does anyone out there 
know why and when we starting recognizing February as black history 
month?
Thanks.
Susan Montgomery, Librarian
Grandview Preparatory School
Boca Raton, FL
smontgomery@grandviewprep.net

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