2008 Black History Calendar

The 2008 Black History Calendar is here! Contact your campus/center Student Life and Leadership Development office for more information on how to receive this year’s calendar.

Black History Month was the brainchild of Carter G. Woodson, noted black scholar and historian. Woodson was the founder of what is now known as the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH). It was through this organization that he first initiated Black History Week in 1926. The second week of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial, it was expanded to Black History Month.