The origin of Black History Month in America goes back more than 100 years. Some may wonder why February, the shortest month ...

A decorative bulletin board for Black History Month ... established Negro History Week in February to coincide with the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, since both ...

After founding the Journal, Woodson decided to go further and start “Negro History Week” in 1926. He timed this for the ...

February is the birth month of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two important American figures in Black history. The United States takes this month to recognize the often undiscussed ...

Scheduled to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, Black History Month began as Negro ...

During the Black History Month ceremony, which preserved a long-standing and bipartisan White House tradition, Trump omitted ...

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more famous Emancipation Proclamation by two years.

From Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, the achievements of Black athletes have had a role in ...

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