Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...
Educator and historian Carter G. Woodson was the founder of what is now the Association for the Study of African American ...
Why is Black History Month in February? The commemoration of important Black Americans and events happens largely during the ...
Noted Black scholar and historian Carter G. Woodson, known as the Father of Black History, was born in 1875 to ...
When we think about the transformative power of education, Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s name and impact stand out. Known as the “Father of Black History,” Woodson’s remarkable contributions to Black ...
February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right here in Central Virginia.
He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this month. Lincoln’s birthday was Feb. 12, and Douglass, born a slave, didn’t ...
For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...
He was top editor at Roll Call, a Capitol Hill publication, before holding high-level editing jobs at The Post.
The roots of Black History Month are credited with growing from Chicago’s Black History Weeks – thanks to the efforts of Carter G. Woodson- in the summer of 1915.