In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black ...

President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. The theme for Black History Month 2025 is African Americans and Labor. President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black ...

Prologue -- Of people and politics, 1908-1932. Remembrance ; Turning the picture of Lincoln to the wall -- Called to Washington, 1933-1935. Will the New Deal be a fair deal? ; A Black cabinet ; ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I can’t remember when I met Dr. Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor, the first African American woman to serve in the Coast Guard (she wanted to serve as a Navy WAVE – or Women ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few years ago. ...

Hundreds of PreK-12 teaching and learning resources that support developmentally appropriate skill-building and leverage both well-known and lesser-known stories in American history are freely ...

Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it's a great time to visit a favorite museum for a special exhibit or visit somewhere new.

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenneth Harris spent most of his days in Atlanta yearning for a life in a place where his dark skin color is not a source of suspicion, but a mark of a shared heritage. His chance ...

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Adilah Relocation Services CEO and founder Adilah Muhammad (right) and administrative assistant Sharifa Martin inspect an apartment for a client relocating from the U.S. to Kenya, on May 28 in Nairobi ...