Opinion
In praise and celebration of Black History Month
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 ...
Columbus Dispatch18d
February is Black History Month. Here's the history behind the celebration
It all started with a scholar named Carter G. Woodson ... an associate professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., said that Woodson founded the ...
A South Side gathering of Black intellectuals set the stage for Black History Month
Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago at a South Side YMCA.
Detroit Free Press18d
February is Black History Month. Here's the history behind the celebration
It all started with a scholar named Carter G. Woodson ... Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., said that Woodson founded the organization while he was ...
Utica Observer-Dispatch on MSN7d
Black History Month about celebrating and teaching
Organizations and communities across the nation are celebrating Black History Month, not just to celebrate Black history, to ...