 | | Diversity in the News | February 8, 2012 | LEAD STORY
Black History Month Celebrations: Best Practices
Concerned that the contributions of African Americans were being overlooked in the nation’s history books, historian and educator Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week in February 1926. His goal was to educate students and others about the role Blacks played in the nation’s development. Woodson selected the month of February for this initiative to coincide with the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. For many years, the second week of February was set aside to recognize the contributions of African Americans. As part of the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, Negro History Week was expanded to Black History Month. Since that time, many organizations have sponsored activities during this month as part of their efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion and multicultural understanding among their employees.
In this Diversity Best Practices’ research report, we highlight leading companies’ efforts to recognize the contributions of African Americans within their organizations and communities.
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There are an estimated 770,396 firms majority-owned by African-American women in the United States, generating $29 billion in sales. (Center for Women’s Business Research)
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Diversity Holidays
February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada. Since 1976, the month has been designated to remember the contributions of people of the African Diaspora.
February 8 is Nirvana Day, the commemoration of Buddha’s death at the age of 80, when he reached the zenith of Nirvana. February 15 is an alternative date of observance.
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