Answer:
1976
Explanation:
“Fifty years after the first celebrations, President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month during the country's 1976 bicentennial.”
The leader of the Department of State is the Secretary of State and the first Secretary of State was future President Thomas Jefferson who held the role from 1790-1793.
Jefferson's time as Secretary of State was marked by an intense rivalry with Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and a growing divide between the parties in the capital.