Black Friday (1910) restraint and moderation, using no more force than might be necessary, and maintaining under any provocation they might receive, control of temper. The deaths of two suffragettes have been attributed to the treatment they received on Black Friday. Mary Clarke, Emmeline Pankhurst's younger sister, was present at both Black Friday and the demonstration in Downing Street on 22November. After a month in prison for breaking windows in Downing Street, she was released on 23December and died on Christmas Day of a brain haemorrhage, age 48. Emmeline blamed her death on the maltreatment Clarke received at the two November demonstrations; Murray
Black History Month their history relegated to just one month. International: Black History Month Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in the U.S., is an annual observance in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States. It began as a way for remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, as well as in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Republic of Ireland in October. The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter