Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created ...

There’s a little more than a week left in Black History Month 2025. Where did the time go? It doesn’t help that the U.S. observation is in a month with only 28 days. Start the day smarter.

Negro History Week was created by historian Carter D. Woodson. This later becomes Black History Month in 1976 thanks to President Gerald Ford.

Here's how it got its start. It has its roots in Negro History Week, which began in 1926, a creation of Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History he founded ...