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Debate: Black history is for life, not just for October

Eighty-five years ago, in a world where black people were still severely segregated and discriminated against, society asked for an event to celebrate a minority’s history.

The idea, concocted by American historian Carter G Woodson, was exactly what the doctor prescribed to a deeply divided world, but what exactly is its relevance in 2011?