what was the purpose of black history month
â J.H. Clarke. February is observed as âBlack History Monthâ in America. Its precursor, âNegro History Week,â was created by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926 and observed on the second week of February. A staunch Republican, Woodson chose that week in that month to honor the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Woodson created Negro History Week because Black Americans and their accomplishments were largely left out of the educational curricula of that time.