Black History Month wasn't always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week.

Black History Month really took off in the 1960s during the Black Power movement, said Carr. Students on college campuses such as Howard University, Tuskegee University in Alabama, ...

F ebruary is Black History Month and it pays tribute to the achievements of African Americans throughout U.S. history. It has been celebrated since 1976, but actually started back in 1926 with ...

Black History Month, a federally recognized celebration, was created nearly a century ago to recognize the “the countless Black men and women who had contributed to the advance of human ...

The company allegedly distributed "Fun Facts" fliers at the workplace that included information about the Tulsa Race Massacre ...

Black educators and students at Kent State University in Portage County, Ohio, proposed the idea of Black History Month in 1969, and first celebrated it in 1970.

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the public to honor the contributions of Black Americans, according to the museum.

L. Lee Tyus Jr. raised concerns about breakroom flyers at the St. Paul facility that labeled racial atrocities as “fun facts.

The origins of Black History Month stem back to Dr. Carter G. Woodson As a historian himself, Woodson recognized the absence of African American history in America’s culture and created Negro ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination ...

It traces black history in Ireland as far back as the Viking and Roman eras, through to the presence of African American GIs ...