Black History Month Patch with Heart

Iron on! 2″ Embroidered Patch. Patch image shows a watermark. Your patches will not have a watermark.

Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, an African American author, editor, publisher, and historian, established Negro History Week from February 7th – 13th in 1926. The focus around that week were the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and he wanted to expand that focus to the contributions of the history and contributions of the entire race. By the late 1960’s many college campuses were celebrating black history and had expanded it. In 1970 Kent State University held the first Black History Month celebration. In 1976 President Gerald Ford signed a proclamation for the first national Black History Month recognition encouraging Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans”. Congress passed a law designating February as National Black History Month in 1986.