I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Wow, that's a great quote.

Hey Ryan, what are you reading? A biography of black abolitionist Frederick Douglas. It's Black History Month

Month and I've decided to learn something new about important Black Americans all month long.

That's a great idea, Ryan.

Another great Frederick Douglass quote,

it's easier to build strong children

than to repair broken men.

Well then, we better keep building.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Ryan Willard.

It's Wednesday, February 1st.

This is the 10 News.

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Black History Month celebrates the achievements and contributions of black Americans who have shaped our nation.

This year's theme is Black Resistance to honor Black Americans fight against oppression.

But why is our celebration of Black History in February, which is the shortest and coldest month?

Well, Black History Month began as Negro History Week way back in 1926. The second week of February was chosen because it's the week Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas were born.

Lincoln, of course, was the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in America.

Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who fought for the abolition of slavery and equal rights for black people.

Wow!

By the 1960s, when the Civil Rights Movement was well underway, the week expanded to Black history month, and now is celebrated every year in the U.S. and Canada.

In 2006, President Obama, the first Black President, said that Black History Month

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