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February 2010Happy Birthday 1926Black History Month (originally Negro History Week) dates back to the second week of February 1926. What was the state of the English language when Dr. Carter Woodson founded his celebration week? Lexicographers count 469 terms that first appeared in print that year, and looking at a few can paint a picture of the world as it was back then. Interested in looking at all the words whose first print appearance dates to a particular year? Choose the Collegiate as your Reference; click on Date from the pull-down Search Type menu, type in the year and click on Search.
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