After founding the Journal, Woodson decided to go further and start “Negro History Week” in 1926. He timed this for the ...

Why is Black History Month in February? The commemoration of important Black Americans and events happens largely during the ...

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

That the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King and the inauguration of Trump occurred on the same day is one of the ironies ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Founded by Carter G. Woodson in 1976, Black History Month is a month-long celebration in February that aims to spread pride ...

This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” focusing on the ways work impacts “the collective experiences of Black people,” according to the Association for the Study of ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first and only African American cardinal and retiring archbishop of Washington, D.C., ...

Organizations and communities across the nation are celebrating Black History Month, not just to celebrate Black history, to ...

February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right here in Central Virginia.

In 1926, a week was dedicated to honoring the contributions of African Americans to the nation. This initiative, initiated by ...

Educator and historian Carter G. Woodson was the founder of what is now the Association for the Study of African American ...