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

Black History Month is held in February to celebrate the numerous achievements accomplished by the black community, and to honor the unique challenges black people have faced both historically and in ...

Black Women's History Week at Bucknell will amplify often ignored voices. Join us in celebrating the intersectionality of being both Black and a woman here at Bucknell University.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill establishing Ohio Black Media Week, honoring the Black press. In Toledo, it has a deep history.

What initially started as a week-long event nearly a century ago, became a month-long celebration in 1976, when President Gerald Ford decreed Black History Month as an official observation.

To the editor: February is the shortest month, yet it’s the month we assign one of the year’s most important celebrations. While some think Black History Month is a time to learn about racism and ...

Black History Month wasn't always a month-long celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2025 theme is "African Americans and Labor" with a focus on the various and profound ways that work of ...

Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of ...