BLACK HISTORY MONTH TIMELINE
              190                 1926                 1970                 1976
                9                                                           BHM Gets 
            NAACP                 Negro               The Month             Presidential 
            Founded               History Week  First                       Endorsemen
            The National          Established         Observed
            Association for                           Proposed by           t
                                  The precursor to                          Gerald Ford urges 
            the Advancement                           Black educators       Americans to 
            of Colored People     Black History       and students at       honor the U.S. 
            is founded.           Month is started    Kent State            Bicentennial by 
                                  by historian        University in         also celebrating 
            February 12,          Carter G.           1969, the first       Black History 
            1909                  Woodson, the        Black History         Month.
                                  “Father of Black    Month 
                                  History.”           observance takes      February 10, 
                                                      place one year        1976
                                                      later.
    African American History Museum 
     at Iron Horse Middle School
                                 Periodic Table of Black History at 
                                     California High School
   Read Aloud Books
     “People will forget what you 
     said, people will forget what 
     you did, but people will never 
   forget how you made them feel.
                  Maya 
                 angelou