Chicago's Key Role In The Creation Of Black History Month

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🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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This week, hear about historian Carter G. Woodson’s important Chicago ties, and how he came up with the idea for a “Negro History Week,” which later turned into the Black History Month we celebrate today.

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0:00.0	At Leo High School in Auburn Gresham on Chicago, Southside, the energy is buzzing in the choir room, even at 8 a.m.
0:11.3	You can hear the boys in their first period class, music streaming from the room even before me and principal chaka Rawls even get close to the door.
0:21.9	So, good morning, gentlemen.
0:22.7	Good morning.
0:23.6	So this is the now famous or infamous choir.
0:26.9	The students were standing up, bright-eyed, in a semicircle around their choir director,
0:32.0	Ladana Hill.
0:33.1	This is Miss Arion from WBEC.
0:35.9	We're super excited.
0:42.3	As you know, we're in Black History season. What we have labeled as our Black Excellence series.
0:45.3	I was loving the music, but I needed to interrupt for just one moment.
0:50.3	Can I ask a question to the class?
0:52.3	So what is it that y'all like about Black history
0:57.2	their answers? They were so confident. Some said they learn new things every year. Another said
1:05.5	it's a good time to honor leaders. Yeah, I like the culture and how it wears everybody together.
1:12.6	Oh, I said the brotherhood. The brotherhood, yeah.
1:13.6	I didn't hear you say that loud?
1:14.6	The brotherhood.
1:15.6	Oh, I love that.
1:16.6	Oh, about the sisterhood.
1:18.6	Oh, boy.
1:19.6	Oh, boy.
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