February 2, 2012

  • Black History Month, which begins today, dates back to 1926 when educator and historian Carter G. Woodson started a weeklong observance in February, the birth month of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event was expanded to a month in 1976 by President Gerald Ford. The theme of this year’s observance is “Black Women in American Culture and History,” and I hope everyone takes the time to look at the number of amazing Black women role models in our past and present.