Posted on Feb 2, 2022
Here's the story behind Black History Month — and why it's celebrated in February
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SSG Robert Mark Odom thanks for sharing.
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The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day
This tribute, “gave birth to an American tradition,” Blight wrote in Race and Reunion: “The war was over, and Memorial Day had been founded by African Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration.”
SOURCE :
https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
This tribute, “gave birth to an American tradition,” Blight wrote in Race and Reunion: “The war was over, and Memorial Day had been founded by African Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration.”
SOURCE :
https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
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