Henry Louis Gates Jr., of Beer Summit fame, complained that Black History Month is February, the shortest month. Does he have a point?

No it should not be moved. I am sure Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln who birthdays are attributed to the month of February and for that reason the good Dr. Carter G. Woodson selected that month (a week initially) specifically would be a bit ashamed of this trivial reason for wanting to move or change the month of Black History Month.

February being the shortest or coldest or snowiest month has nothing to do with the location of Black History Month within the calender year. Gates is just being the attention hungry newshound he has been in recent times. When in fact he might show some appreciation for the increase in size of this respective and reflective time from a "Black History Week" to a "Black History Month".

The history of African Americans was remembered and celebrated respectively as a week from 1926 to the year 1976 and I would think this would be enough to satisfy the attention hungry professor that since his meeting with the President at the "Beer Summit" has fallen from the news and the national spotlight.

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