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

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

There’s a little more than a week left in Black History Month 2025 ... civil rights leader Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14) and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12). Negro History Week grew as ...

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

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

The United States officially recognizes the month of February as Black History Month. Black History Month serves as a time to honor the contributions and accomplishments African Americans have had ...

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 ...

This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” focusing on the ways work impacts “the collective experiences of Black people,” according to the Association for the Study of ...

February is Black History Month, set aside to honor the history of African-Americans. February was chosen to also honor ...

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

Each February, the African American legacy that shaped America is honored during Black History Month. Here are some places to visit in the Upstate.