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

Black History Month really took off in the 1960s during the Black Power movement, said Carr. Students on college campuses such as Howard University, Tuskegee University in Alabama, ...

Black History Month, at its best, has the ability to crack open the door to a kind of narrative reparations, says Hasan Jeffries. "I mean, that's part of the power of Black History Month.

February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation's bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the ...

Black History Month, a federally recognized celebration, was created nearly a century ago to recognize the “the countless Black men and women who had contributed to the advance of human ...

Black History Month is an entire month devoted to putting a spotlight on African Americans who have made contributions to our country. Originally, it was seen as a way of teaching students and ...

"Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest," comedian Chris Rock said in 2015. "Just in case we want to have a parade." Although at least February has an extra day ...

February is Black History Month. After originating in the United States, the celebration is now observed in several countries around the world, including the United Kingdom and Ireland, at ...

The seed of what is now known as Black History Month was planted in the doctoral thesis of Carter G. Woodson, a noted scholar, author, and co-founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life ...

Women's History Month is observed all through March, with International Women's Day falling on the 8th. The 2024 theme is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion." ...

Women's History Month was initially just International Women's Day, a day that commemorated the Feb. 28 meeting of socialists and suffragists in Manhattan in 1909.