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THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1972 AND WAS ALMOST ASSASSINATED THREE TIMES

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Black history month was first celebrated during the second week of February in 1926 to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln.

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In the 1770s, a Quaker named Anthony Benezet created the first school for African American children.

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Thomas L. Jennings is the first African American patent holder in the United States. Jennings invented a way to dry-clean clothes in 1821.

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Thurgood Marshall was the first Black American ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court and served from 1967 to 1991.

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black history is all about the rights and it was celebrted in 1967

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The celebration of Black history month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by carter g. woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator and publisher.

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It's an opportunity to spotlight and celebrate the achievements that African Americans have accomplished in this country, despite the history of racism and oppression.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma was the home of one of the most affluent African American communities in the early 1900’s. The area was dubbed Black Wall Street because it was filled with African American doctors, lawyers, and entrepreneurs, even though Jim Crow was still the law of the land.

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Civil rights leaders popularized Black History Month.

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african-american history was created with the arrival africans to north american in the 16th and 17th centuries

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It was first celebrated during the second week of February in 1926 to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass (February 14). In 1976, as part of the nation's bicentennial, the week was expanded to a month.

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Black history was first celebrated during the second week of February in 1926 to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and abolitionist/ editor Frederick Douglass (February 14).

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the first black woman ran for president in 1972 and was almost assassinated three times.

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Vermont was the first colony to ban slavery in 1777

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William Tucker was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies.

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The first black woman ran for president in 1972, and was almost assassinated three times.

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Vermont was the first colony to ban slavery in 1777.

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black history month honors contribution of African Americans to u.s. history