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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Black History Month Week: Where BHM Came From (1924)
Description: This week, we’re doing a number of episodes around the history of… Black History Month.
Today, February 13th — the roots of the celebration in 1924, when historian Carter G Woodson started Negro History Week.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why Woodson started the commemoration and how Black History Month has evolved in the century since.
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