The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-11-15
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Negro History WIN itsst
for the sixteenth annual celebration
il now being distributed BY the As
sociation for the Study Of Negro
Life and History at 1888 Sih1a
street Northwest, Washington, b.1.
The observance will come the Week
of February 9-16, 19di. Posters
circulars, and other materials giving
direction and information to faclli-
tate the observance are beng given
away free Of charge. Write fof
supply and start II time 'o bass
something to celebrate. The ann q
the Negro History Week celebration
is to bring about Negro History
Year when we shall study the Negro
al much as We study the Hebrew, the
Greek. the Latin, and the Feuton.
To speed up the coming Of Negro
History Year the Association has re- |
Gently brought out THE NEGRO |
HISTORY BULLETIN to take the
place of the old Negro History Week |
Pamphlet. The NEGRO HISTORY
BULLETIN Is NOW in its fourth
year and in new and attractive
form carrying "a pages Of matter
connecting the past with the present
and the history Of the Negro ii par
ticular with that Of the universe.
During the current year tbs pc
riodical is outlining the study Of he
Negro in foreign lands. The 0e-
tober number deal with Africa, and
the November with the Negro IN
Asia. The December issue will deal
with the Negro III Europe, and then
will follow in regular order the Ne
gro in the West indies, III Latin
America, in Australia, IN other Is
lands, and in Canada. At the time
OF the Negro History Week celebfa
ton the public will have had oppor-
tunity to know much about the Ne
gro on foreign shores.
No effort among the Negroes Of
the United States is more widely
known than Negro History Week.
The shoots Of The country. regard
less Of racial make-up, generally
know Of. or observe it in some way.
Each year more schools become in
terested, and those long particlpat-
ing find some way to stimulate new
interest and to arouse more enthu-
siasm. The movement has reached
certain points even as far as the
Virgin Islands and the Philippines.
AT few stations in Africa there
is stir about Negro History Week
In some mixed schools, formerly
apathetic and cynical, the attention
of the faculties and student bodies
has been secured in the way OF a
challenge to study history broadly
and to test the record Of the Negro
as one does that Of any other people.
The result has been highly favorable
for hearing the complete record o.
the past.
The development Of Negro History
Week has been in the direction Of
self-elimination in the higher insti-
tutions. Very few Of the colleges
and universities give as much atten-
ton to the celebration today as they
did fifteen years ago These schools
have gradually Incorporated into
their curricula certain courses bear
ing on various phases of Negro life
and history; and they have instituted
the little theatre" which supplies
all but continuous dramatization OF
the Negroes past and present. The.
music departments in this institu-
tions supplement the histrlonlc ef-
fort and stimulates the classroom
studies. The art departments do
the same in another way.
In the elementary and high schools
where ambitious performances are
rare except by special effort toward
these ends Negro History Week
comes annually as the much needed
stimulus to arouse both students and
teachers and to supply standard
by which they may measure their
achievements. The success in reach
ing annually the schools in need OF
this prompting is probably the most
gratifying fact to be reported IN the
justification Of this observance.
AS is usually expected an increas-
ing number Of schools do more than
become excited for a few days and
forget the end to which the effort