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                                BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, and the United Kingdom in October. Carter G. Woodson History The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and of Frederick Douglass on February 14, both of which dates Black communities had celebrated  together since the late 19th century. Black Histo...

                                                    ROSA PARKS Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the background Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist. She was called the "Mother of the Modern-Day American civil rights movement" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Parks is best known for what she did in her home town of Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. While she sat in a seat in the middle of the bus, the bus driver told her to move to the back of the bus so a white passenger could take the seat in the front of the bus. Parks refused to move. She was a member of the local chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Like so many others she was tired of being treated as a lower class person because of the color of her skin. ...

                                        THANKSGIVING DAY Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA and Canada when people give thanks. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November in the USA, on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Friday of November in China. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving. American immigrants brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada, beginning on April 5, 1872. The United States Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday in the year 1941, and Canadian Parliament later established the second Monday of each October as a national holiday in the year 1957. The First Thanksgiving "The First Thanksgiving" Although not as famous, the first "day of Thanksgiving" actually took place at Berk...

Black Friday is the Friday which comes immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. This day has been seen as the official beginning of Christmas holiday season. Black Fridays are not federal holidays. Certain states, however, observe this day instead of Columbus Day for employees of the state government. The term began somewhere either during or after World War II, though was not popular outside of Philadelphia until around 1975. Stores usually open around 6am or later. Certain stores, though, started opening at 4am and 5am in the late 2000s.

                                                    HALLOWEEN Halloween is a date celebrated on the night of October 31st. Its celebration is most practised in the United States and Canada. Children wear costumes and they go to peoples' homes saying "Trick or treat!" to ask for candy, sweets in the United Kingdom, or lollies in Australia, and then people give it to them. This practice originally involved a threat. A threat is when someone says that they will do something bad if they do not get what they want. In this case the threat could be explained as: "Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you." Children today usually do not play tricks if they do not get treats. However, some children still get up to mischief (pranks or things to make fun of people; like putting toilet paper in trees; writing on windows with soap or throwing eggs at peoples' houses)...

                                 THE SUPER BOWL The Vince Lombardi Trophy has been awarded to the Super Bowl winner each year since its inception. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional football in the United States.  Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The most recent game, Super Bowl XLIX, which was won by the New England Patriots, was played on February 1, 2015, following the 2014 season. The logo of Super Bowl  The day on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered by some an unofficial American national holiday, is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year; the four most-watc...