NAACP sets
educational black history program Fayette
County librarian Christeen Snell will address the
Feb 12 meeting of the Fayette NAACP, 4 p.m. at
the Gathering Place, 203 Macintosh Trail in
Peachtree City.
Snell
will give an educational presentation on black
American history to commemorate Black History
Month. Black History Month began as Negro History
Week in 1926 and became known as Black History
Month in 1976. Carter G. Woodson, author and
historian, is known as the Father of
African-American History because he was
influential in promoting the teaching and study
of African-American history.
The
public is invited.
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