In February, the time has come to remember and honor the accomplishments of African Americans and with President Barack Obama at the White House since January, there really is something big to celebrate.

Moreover, in recent weeks, African American political figures have been assigned to several major positions, with Michael Steele, former Maryland Lieutenant Governor, having become the first black Republican National Committee Chair, while Eric Holder was sworn in to become the first black United States Attorney General.

In San Francisco, the Black History Month celebrations are scheduled to be kicked off on Friday with the Program and Reception noon at City Hall Rotunda, the Honorable Judge Teri Jackson being the one set to deliver the keynote address.

Black History Months has its origins back in 1926, when Carter G. Woodson founded „Negro History Week” in February, the CNN reported.

Woodson, the child of former slaves, graduated high school in two years and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He decided to choose February as the month to honor black people because it marked the birthdays of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave and abolitionist, and Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, CNN’s report further revealed.

It was only in 1976 that Negro History Week was turned into Black History Month.

Now, Barack Obama, as the first African American United States is bound to be added to the list of memorable black leaders alongside Douglass, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.