After founding the Journal, Woodson decided to go further and start “Negro History Week” in 1926. He timed this for the ...

As Black History Month heads towards its annual close, the frequent local as well as national celebrations and remembrances ...

Today, it is crucial that we make a concerted effort to celebrate the positive contributions that four Black men have made to ...

Why is Black History Month in February? The commemoration of important Black Americans and events happens largely during the shortest month of the year.

Noted Black scholar and historian Carter G. Woodson, known as the Father of Black History, was born in 1875 to ...

On Jan. 31, the Department of Defense announced in a statement that it will not use official resources, such as staff time, ...

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 ...

Howard University breaks the glass ceiling in academics by becoming the first HBCU with a Research One (R1) Carnegie ...

The man behind Black History Month was a Harvard scholar who felt “all Americans should understand the largely overlooked ...

Carter G. Woodson, Roland Scott, Cecile Hoover Edwards, Ruth Ella Moore, Ralph Bunche, and Lasalle Leffall, Jr. More information about research at Howard University can be found at: ...

Organizations and communities across the nation are celebrating Black History Month, not just to celebrate Black history, to ...

The Hernando Sun is a locally owned weekly newspaper. The founders of the newspaper are Rocco and Julie Maglio. They saw the need for a newspaper when the Hernando Today newspaper closed their doors ...