Black Americans. What began in 1926 has grown into an overall cultural observance of Black History in February ...

(NEXSTAR) – Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At ...

(NewsNation) — The origin of Black History Month in America goes back more than 100 years. Some may wonder why February, the ...

HUNTINGTON — Negro History Week was born out of the education of Black History, something that wasn’t commonly taught in the 1920s. Now, almost 100 years later, the legacy and teachings of Dr. Carter ...

Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is known by many as the “Father of Black History.” Tired of having Black people left out of the American story, he created the first Negro History Week in ...

Vedet Coleman-Robinson, PhD, president and CEO of the Association of African American Museums, visits The AFRO Archives (photo by Megapixels Media, courtesy the AAAM) As the United States approaches ...

In 2024, Major League Baseball officially incorporated the statistics of players from the segregated Negro Leagues into its record books in an effort to formally integrate some of the game’s greatest ...

(RNS) — I always tell people that, as a college professor, I got to do the two things I loved best in the world — read and talk. One thing I miss most now that I am emerita is the opportunity to ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Printed handbill advertising Negro History Week programming at the Freedom House in Boston. The flier is on beige ...

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