CSUN Professor Criticizes Trump Administration’s Actions to ‘Whitewash’ Black American History 

In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson began the first Negro History Week to raise awareness of Black history and to inform people about Black contributions to American history. He chose to hold it in the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, 19th-century figures who are synonymous with emancipation and Black suffrage. Fifty years later, Gerald Ford became the first president to officially recognize Black History Month. Following his example, subsequent presidents have made annual proclamations during this celebratory month. However, the mood entering the 100th anniversary of Black History Month this…