audio by title black history month fact of the day 1

Black history month was founded in the UK in October 1987 by Akyaaba Addai-Sebo. Originally intended only for London but over the years it became a national event. In the US it was established in 1926 by the prominent African American historian Carter G. Woodson as “Negro History Week”. Woodson, sometimes called the ‘Father of Black History’ also co-founded the academic publication “Journal of Negro History”. It is celebrated in the US in February to mark the birthday of two abolitionists Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas.