Few know the history of Dr. Carter Woodson and his single-handed effort to preserve Black history. Grown from a week to a ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Students from Kent and Ravenna will be quizzed on their knowledge of Black history in the area's first Black History Academic ...

Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why it still matters.

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 ...

How much do you know about Black history in Corpus Christi and Texas? Test your knowledge with this 20-question quiz.

the effort to make it a monthlong celebration sprung from the Black Power movement on college campuses in the 1960s. In 1970, the first observance of Black History Month took place at Kent State ...

After originating in the United States, the celebration is ... Kingdom and Ireland, Black History Month goes through October. Black educators and students at Kent State University in Portage ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers will kick off their weekend-long Black Heritage Celebration on ... 55th anniversary of Black History Month, celebrating its origins at Kent State University and the pivotal ...