It is important to know the origins for Black History Month. The Historical Educational Month was instituted in mid spring, late summer of 1915, established in 1916 and founded in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. I am grateful for Dr. Carter G. Woodson completing extensive research on the historical works on African-Americans in the United States.

• In Vermont; 1836, Alexander L. Twilight was elected to the State Legislature