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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-woodson-black-history-month/ by Carter G. Woodson 7/2/1926 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [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. | 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. | ||
=====ACLU History: Black America: Casualties of the 'War on Drugs'===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-history-black-america-casualties-war-drugs by ACLU 1/9/2010] | |||
In the modern era, a subtler but equally pernicious form of institutional racism came to be known as 'driving while black or brown.' The practice of racial profiling by police on our nation's highways has resulted in black travelers disproportionately being stopped, searched and arrested. Significant blame for this rampant abuse of power can be laid at the feet of the government's 'war on drugs,' in which blacks are targeted and thus arrested for drug possession at a far higher rate than whites, resulting in skewed statistics that 'prove' that blacks are more likely to be involved with drugs. | |||
