Black History Month is an annual celebration in differents states like USA,UK and Canada. It is a famous celebration to remember important people and events in the History of the African Diaspora. At first it was not called Black History Month but Negro History Week. In 1970 it changed the name in Black History Month and the first celebration took place at Kent State University in 1970. In 1976 , Black History Month, was recognized by the USA governement and the president Gerald Ford extended this celebration in all US states. After, between 1987 and 1995, other countries as Canada and UK acceded to this celebration.
In this period a lot of pearsons fought against the racism by white people and against the racial segregation, when black people were maltreated and excluded by some places or activities. So, black people wanted the same rights of white people. Today, Martin Luther King, is considered the "head" of this movement.
MARTIN LUTHER KING
Martin Luther King was one of the most important leader in the movement foe equality during the 19th century. He is best known for his important role in the fight for civil rights using nonviolent disobedience. He was born in Atlanta on 15 January 1929. He was already known from 1955 when he led a very strong protest against the racial segregation. Thanks to him, in 1956,the horrible bus segregation was removed. 1963 is an important year for Martin Luther King, because he did his famous civil right march in Washington DC and it was a succes in all the world. Here he made his wonderful speech "I HAVE A DREAM", his dream was theat one day brotherhood could reign around the world and his speech touched a lot of people in the world. In 1964 he received a Nobel Peace Prize and in the same year many kinds of discriminations were banned in USA. He was assasinated in Memphis in 1968, but in 1986 USA governement created the Martin Luther King day, that began a national Holiday.
