One hundred years ago in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson would create a weeks-long observance of Black history. That week would eventually evolve into Black History Month, becoming a nationally recognized ...

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

Despite its official government recognition in 1975, scholars say Black History Month started decades earlier with the work of historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson.

For nearly 200 years, HBCUs have educated Black Americans. Now, a new exhibition highlights special objects from five ...

Trump is scrubbing Black history to sell a cleaner lie about America by erasing racism, history and Black achievement.

Poet Phyllis Wheatley, born in 1753, was freed on this day in 1773. Kidnapped in Africa and sold as a slave when she was only seven years old, Wheatley would become Black America’s first poet. She ...

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined a rally on May 3 to show support for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the wake of threats by the Trump administration and others ...

Black museums are more crucial than ever when it comes to teaching, learning and maintaining the authentic history of people of African descent. Institutions across the nation and beyond are working ...

For Black History month the St. Louis Chapter of the 100 Black Men held a mock game show of Black history questions for youth at it's Central west end offices Sat. Mar. 8, 2025. Photo by Wiley Price I ...

This exhibition honors the legacy of HBCUs as cultural and educational powerhouses,” said Shanita Brackett, acting director ...

"Roses in December" examines Black life in Hanover county from the Civil War to civil rights. As a Black person living in Hanover County, Jody Lynn Allen always wanted to learn the stories of the ...

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...