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We have a wonderful history behind us.

Celebrating Dr. Cater G. Woodson, Founder of Black History Month

on February 23rd, 2020 by Dr. Charles Quist-Adade

Africa Heritage Month was initiated in 1926 as Black History Week by Dr. Cater G. Woodson, a Harvard professor as a modest attempt to recapture and restore the stolen, distorted and maligned history of people of descent. In the 1960s the week was extended to a month. His tireless efforts to restore the distorted history

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