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[https://eji.org/news/missouri-newspaper-confronts-and-apologizes-for-its-history-of-racially-biased-reporting/ by Equal Justice Initiative 22/12/20] | [https://eji.org/news/missouri-newspaper-confronts-and-apologizes-for-its-history-of-racially-biased-reporting/ by Equal Justice Initiative 22/12/20] | ||
The Kansas City Star, a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri, published an extensive analysis of its past reporting this week, acknowledging and apologizing for its history of reinforcing and perpetuating racial bias, discrimination, and violence. | The Kansas City Star, a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri, published an extensive analysis of its past reporting this week, acknowledging and apologizing for its history of reinforcing and perpetuating racial bias, discrimination, and violence. | ||
=====Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-woodson-black-history-month/ by Carter G. Woodson 7/2/1926 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | |||
On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson, initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long. Further below is an essay on the history and purpose of the commemoration, including why Woodson chose February. | |||
