Black History 365
What is Black August?
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4 min readAug 7, 2023
Decolonizing Black resistance
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson designated the second week of February as Negro History Week. Fifty years later, America finally took the hint and upgraded Negro History Week to Black History Month.
Yes, it’s the shortest month of the year, and yes, the basis for its existence is under attack—but I digress.
