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

A former General Mills employee in Minnesota has filed a lawsuit accusing the food giant of racial discrimination and ...

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, ...

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 ...

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.

Black History Month is an entire month devoted to putting a spotlight on African Americans who have made contributions to our country. Originally, it was seen as a way of teaching students and ...

February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation's bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the ...

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 is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest," comedian Chris Rock said in 2015. "Just in case we want to have a parade." Although at least February has an extra day ...

Black History Month is considered one of the nation’s oldest organized history celebrations, and has been recognized by U.S. presidents for decades through proclamations and celebrations.

Black History Month has become one of the most celebrated cultural heritage months on the calendar, said LaGarrett J. King, an associate professor of social studies education at the University of ...

For many people, Black History Month was the one month where the history of Black Americans was talked about each day in school. We wrote papers on Martin Luther King Jr., heard the story of Rosa ...