Black History Month Week: Where BHM Came From (1924)
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Radiotopia
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
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History
Publication Date |
Feb 13, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:19:21

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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Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich, Executive Producers at Radiotopia

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