In so many spaces, celebrating Black History History month means learning a few fun facts about famous African Americans. But ...

The Black historian Carter G. Woodson — who dedicated his career to the study of Black life and history — responded 100 years ...

Also, Black History Month tends to be observed to focus on great men and women of history, or a time for emphasizing ...

How Negro History Week, founded by Carter G. Woodson in 1926, evolved into today’s nationally recognized Black History Month.

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the observance dates ...

At a time when we're having a national discussion about how Black history fits into the American mosaic, we discovered that many stories of Black achievement are slipping away, going unpreserved for ...

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?

In 1994, a Missouri high school teacher named Rodney Wilson – the first out public school teacher in the state – wanted to give students better access to LGBTQ history as well as more role models with ...

Every Black History Month, we tend to celebrate the same cast of historic figures. They are the civil rights leaders and abolitionists whose faces we see plastered on calendars and postage stamps.