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«February 02, 2007 - March 04, 2007»
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Negro History Week first observed (1926)
Start: 12:00 pm
Originated by Carter G. Woodson, noted scholar and historian, who saw Negro History Week as a mechanism through which to raise the consciousness of blacks as well as whites about the intimate linkages between the cultures and societies established by persons of African descent in the New World.
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Friends of National Service
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The 3rd annual Friends of National Service reception will be held at the Library of Congress (James Madison building) on Tuesday, February 7, 2006.
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Child Passenger Safety Week
Start: 12:00 am
End: 11:59 pm
This is Child Passenger Safety Week.
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Lincoln's Birthday
Start: 12:00 pm
President Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809.
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Valentine's Day
Start: 12:00 pm
Celebrate with a loved one.
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Washington's Birthday (1732)
Start: 12:00 pm
President George Washington, the first president of the United States of America was born on this day in 1732.
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Mendez v Westminister (1945)
Start: 12:00 pm
On March 2, 1945, a group of parents led by Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court, charging that segregation in Orange County, California’s public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Supported in this legal effort by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the parents prevailed when Judge Paul J. MacCormick ruled in their favor.
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Read Across America
Start: 12:00 pm
Every year on March 2, the birthday of children's author Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), the National Education Association celebrates Read Across America Day.
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