1. Black History Month Observance
2017
Welcome

3. The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and of Frederick Douglass on February 14, both of which Black communities had celebrated together since the late 19th century.

5. Toni Morrison W.E.B DuBois Terry McMillan Gordon Parks Maya Angelou
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Henry Louis Gates
W.E.B DuBois
Zora Neale Hurston
Terry McMillan
Gordon Parks
Carter G. Woodson
Maya Angelou

7. Test your Knowledge Pop Culture “Carmen Jones”
Dorothy Dandridge made history
by becoming the first Black woman
to receive an Oscar nomination in
the Best Actress category
for what movie?
“Carmen Jones”
Dorothy Dandridge, who started out in the familial duo The Dandridge Sisters. Her breakthrough role in "Carmen Jones" led to her becoming the first African-American woman nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.

8. Black History Month Committee
Mrs. Sandra Sudduth, Chairman
Mr. Gilbert T. Taylor
Mrs. Nell Coleman
Mrs. Nancy Dickens
Ms. Connie Nation
Mrs. Emily Lipscomb
Ms. Ethel Kimbrough
Ms. Myrus Weaver
Mrs. Theresa Curry
Mrs. Freida Morris
Mrs. Glenda Jemison
“Educate - Remember - Celebrate”