Established in 1976 (as an expansion of Negro History Week, first established by Carter G. Woodson in 1925), Black History Month has been observed for over forty-five…
February is Black History Month, the annual celebration of the achievements of African Americans and their contributions to history. Black History Month grew out of “Negro History Week”, created by historian…
On February 12, Ibram X. Kendi, professor and Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, published "A Reading List for Ralph…
We often hear the phrases "living through history," "witnessing history," "history in the making." We are literally always creating what historians call "primary sources," which…
In the introduction to her Encyclopedia of African American Business History, Juliet Walker observes that... “...full freedom from racism and complete equality for the descendants of…
