Alert! For all of you who have been longing to try a new type of hair care product: all black hair care items are on sale at Fry’s! Yep. You heard it here first. This is an area of excitement for me, since most places don’t celebrate Black History Month (like they do with Saint Patrick’s Day, Valentine’s Day, etc) these are the final days to get hair oil, oil sheen, chemical straighteners and the like for up to $1 off each!
Is anyone curious how Black History Month came to be?
Well, Carter G. Woodson started it all. Woodson was a mine worker who wanted to get an education. When he was 20 years old, he enrolled in high school. He was a natural learner but he noticed a reoccurring theme in the history lessons in school: there was a lack of successful black Americans stories being told. Instead there was a blatant trend of inferiority where black were concerned; African Americans were portrayed as laborers without the capabilities to make a contribution to society.
Carter completed high school and went on to earn his doctorate degree from Harvard. This is when he channeled all of his energy into rewriting the history books. In 1915, he established the Association for Study of Negro Life and History. And in 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched Black History week to bring national attention to the contributions of Black people in America throughout history.
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