2008 OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

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SUBJ: 2008 OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
1. FEBRUARY 2008 MARKS THE 82ND ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. WE OWE THE CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY MONTH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY, TO DR. CARTER G. WOODSON. THIS YEARS THEME, "CARTER G.
WOODSON AND THE ORIGINS OF MULTICULTURALISM," HONORS AN EDUCATOR
WHO TAUGHT HIS FELLOW CITIZENS ABOUT THE TRADITIONS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. DR. WOODSON FORGED AN
INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENT TO EDUCATE AMERICANS ABOUT CULTURAL
DIVERSITY AND DEMOCRACY BY ESTABLISHING THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE
STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY. HIS DEDICATION TO EDUCATING
AMERICANS ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY INITIATED THIS CELEBRATION OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.
2. MULTICULTURALISM IS A GROWING FORCE IN AMERICA'S GOVERNMENT,
UNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC LIFE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN BRIEF,
MULTICULTURALISM IS THE VIEW THAT ALL CULTURES, FROM THAT OF A
SPIRITS-WORSHIPING TRIBE TO THAT OF AN ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL
CIVILIZATION, ARE EQUAL IN VALUE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DR.
WOODSON AND OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST AS RELATED TO BLACK HISTORY
MONTH PLEASE REFER TO WWW.ASALH.ORG
AND HTTP://WWW.TNTECH.EDU/HISTORY/BHMONTH.HTML.
3. DURING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER
TIME OF THE YEAR, CG UNITS AND COMMANDS SHOULD TAKE TIME TO
RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN
AMERICANS HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE TO OUR SERVICE, OUR
NATION, AND THE WORLD.
4. INTERNET RELEASE IS AUTHORIZED.
5. T. A. DICKERSON, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, SENDS.
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