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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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Why is Black History Month celebrated in the shortest month ... which began in 1926, a creation of Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History he founded with ...

Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde said the month is about recognizing the Black history people should learn year round, not just ...