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                                                  Poet, author, lecturer Delores Fisher A brief history of Black History month reveals its origins in Harvard trained historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson who nurtured its progression as a week long celebration during the late 1920s. The week he chose  included the birth dates of both president Abraham Lincoln (February 12th) and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (who chose the birth date of February 14th see   http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324 ) . "In 1976, as the US was celebrating its bicentennial, the ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) expanded the traditional week-long celebration of African-American history to a month, and Black History Month was born. " (see   http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/about.html   ). President Carter officially recognized Black History Month in 1978 ( see http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/blackhistorymonth/a/The-Origins-