Maryland Student Minimum Wage - $7.86 - Full-time high school or college students who work part-time may be paid 85% of the Maryland minimum wage (as little as $7.86 per hour) for up to 20 hours of work per week at certain employers (such as work-study programs at universities).
1 Black History Month began as âNegro History Week,â which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. 2  It became a month-long celebration in 1976. 3  The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
â J.H. Clarke. February is observed as âBlack History Monthâ in America. Its precursor, âNegro History Week,â was created by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926 and observed on the second week of February. A staunch Republican, Woodson chose that week in that month to honor the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Woodson created Negro History Week because Black Americans and their accomplishments were largely left out of the educational curricula of that time.