Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the past 50 years, every February has been honored as Black History Month, an annual observance that recognizes the ...

Happy (Belated) Birthday to Carter G. Woodson. Born on Dec. 19 to formerly enslaved parents, Woodson dedicated his life to the promotion of Black history. He established Negro History Week (now Black ...

It's Black History Month, and despite recent efforts by some to downplay celebrations of ethnic and racial heritage, it is still widely observed in the United States. A century ago, though, things ...

In February 1926, the eminent Black scholar Carter G. Woodson called on communities across the United States to observe a weeklong celebration of Black history. Woodson urged members of the public to ...

A hundred years ago this month, DC resident Carter G. Woodson held an event that launched a mass education movement: Negro History Week. In a pamphlet created to promote the idea, the historian and ...

Jan. 18—Happy (Belated) Birthday to Carter G. Woodson. Born on Dec. 19 to formerly enslaved parents, Woodson dedicated his life to the promotion of Black history. He established Negro History Week ...