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1988 - Scarborough Speaks at Black History Month Program
February 10, 1988 - Scarborough speaks at a Black History Month program.
- Long-standing city council member Ella Scarborough speaks to students at a Black History Month program.
- The idea of a black history week was first raised by Carter G. Woodson and others in 1926. Fifty years later, Black History Month is established. By 1988 it is already widely observed.