Dr. Woodson and African Centered Education – Worrill’s World

The Black student movement of the 1960s sparked demands for courses in Black Studies that lead to the famous strike at San Francisco State University. After a long battle with the administration of the university, the students finally won a victory for the first Black Studies Program to be established at an American college or university. As a result, a movement for Black Studies erupted all over America and stimulated at the elementary and secondary levels, demands for courses dealing with Black History.

There is no question that the setting aside of the month of February, as an extension of Dr. Woodson’s original idea of “Negro History Week” is something we need vigorously to continue to support and institutionalize. We are quite clear that the real meaning of African American History Month, in this era, is to take the spirit from all the celebrations, great speeches, great entertainment and festive events to establish as a major agenda item in our movement, the serious study, 365 days a year, of the contributions of African people.