Why is Black History Month celebrated in the shortest month of the year ... It has its roots in Negro History Week, which ...

Woodson also founded Associated Publishers, which, in addition to publishing the Journal of Negro History, prepared kits for ...

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right ...

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

In the closing Days of Black History Month, there is a palpable feeling that the period of celebrating the long, arduous and rich journey.

Initially only a week-long, Black History Month was created to ensure Black history would not be forgotten.  Carter G. Woodson, a Black historian and founder of the Association for ...

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

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

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 ...