In 1968 Black History Week was held on campus. Historian Carter G. Woodson began Black History Week in 1926. He chose to celebrate Negro History Week during the second week of February because that week marked the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (February 14). In 1976 the observance was changed to Black History Month and expanded to include all of February.
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