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 different ...

Black History Month started Saturday and runs through Friday, February 28. But do you know the origins of Black History Month and why it's always celebrated every February? When was Black History ...

Saturday marks the start of Black History Month, a time to honor Black people and the Black experience. And while Black History celebrations have been held for decades, some people may not realize how ...

February marks Black History Month each year in the United States to honor the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history. From its 1900s beginnings to modern-day ...

These Black history figures are inspiring. It's about time they get the acknowledgment they deserve. Black History figures ...

Nearly 50 years ago, political leaders thought Black history was so important to the national identity that they quadrupled the time formally set aside for it. Black History Month began as a single ...

“You are not pioneers, but heirs of the ages,” Alice Dunbar-Nelson of Wilmington, Delaware, told her students at Howard High School in February 1926, as what would become Black History Month was ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month – a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the month dates ...

Five years ago, I wanted to create a public space for educators to hear the voices of teachers, students, parents, and professors about how they have conceptualized and taught Black history. I also ...

African American history does not provide a great vantage point on the history of human flourishing. Instead, it is one of the most depressing subfields in American history—second perhaps only to ...