6 Facts You Might Not Know About Black History Month
Did you know that in the 1960s the most popular 8th grade textbook only mentioned two Black people in the entire century of history that had transpired since the Civil War? Yep! So even though we celebrate Black History 365/24/7- Black history month was created to ensure that teachers and schools had to talk about Black History at some point in the academic year.
So while brands, businesses and companies often use this time to tap into diversity and Black creators, Black History Month was created because Black history was often left out of the history textbooks.
Kicking off February with 6 Things We Should Know about Black History Month. In this quick 14-minute solo episode learn that the 1st Black History Month was 56 days long and other important facts that wasn’t in our textbooks.
Learn 6 facts that definitely wasn’t in our textbooks- like they're themes- what?! and more.
And never limit your education, celebration and ally ship solely to when underrepresented groups months roll around.
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