BLACK HISTORY MONTH TOUR
In 1915, historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). This organization’s objective was to research and highlight the achievements made by Black and African people.
It wasn’t until February 1926 did the organization sponsor a national Negro History Week to accord with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. The event became popular nationwide by schools and communities that established clubs, performances and lectures celebrating black history.
By the late 1960s, Negro History Week had evolved to Black History Month on college campuses. However, in 1976, President Gerald Ford officially recognized the month of February as Black History Month to celebrate the significant accomplishments made by and legacy of the greatest Black Americans throughout history.
Travel to Ghana to experience this educational and historical tour, intended to bring continental and diaspora Africans together, while illuminating and celebrating our contributions to civilization. Our truths have been erased, disregarded, and minimized, limiting us to being societal burdens. Our ancestors have been unfairly stripped of credit as the originators of civilization. Their inventions and innovations are the reason we have science, art, philosophy, religion, medicine, and all basic devices and systems needed for man’s physical sustenance or convenience. During this tour, we not only highlight our greatest contributions, but celebrate them as one.
