The Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceym begins Black History Month celebrations with a program and the announcement of the annual Black History Month poster contest winners on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at ...

Additional Black History Month Events Black Market Saturday, February 15, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at City Hall A showcase of Black-owned businesses, creators, and organizations honoring the legacy of ...

Marshall University kicks off Black History Month by honoring winners of poster contest By MAGGIE SUSA [email protected] Feb 4, 2025 Updated Feb 4, 2025 ...

“Black History Month” posters were displayed across the joint base, the nation's largest, and a Gospel Fest was held at Freedom Chapel at JBSA-Lackland. Also that month, the Rev. Trevor ...

The origins of the month Black History Month wasn't always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week.

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...

From a week to Black History Month Negro History Week grew as municipalities began to recognize it and it moved beyond the classrooms, to theaters libraries and museums. Then organizations began ...

February is Black History Month. After originating in the United States, the celebration is now observed in several countries around the world, including the United Kingdom and Ireland, at ...

“It wasn’t really until the 1960s and 1970s that, sort of, after Negro History Week was pretty well established within Black institutions in the 1960s and 70s, it gained recognition sort of outside ...